Session: Rolling Resistance, Traction and Treadwear I (Fall 184th Technical Meeting )

Rolling Resistance, Traction and Treadwear I

Tuesday, October 8, 2013: 1:30 PM-5:15 PM

Session C - Room #15 (The International Exposition (I-X) Center)

Co-chairs:

Syed K. Mowdood, Pirelli Tyre SpA (Retired) and Walter H. Waddell, ExxonMobil Chemical Co.

1:30 PM

Recent Advancements In Rubber Nanocomposites

Maurizio Galimberti¹, Valeria Cipolletti², Sara Musto², Serena Cioppa², Giulia Peli², Marco Mauro³, Gaetano Guerra³, Silvia Agnelli⁴, Theonis Ricco⁵ and Vineet Kumar⁶, (1)Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy, (2)Politecnico Milano, Milano, Italy, (3)Università Salerno, Fisciano, Italy, (4)Università di Brescia, Brescia, Italy, (5)Chemistry and Physics for Engineering and Materials, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italy, (6)Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, Milano, Italy

2:00 PM

A Materials Approach to Fuel Efficient Tires

Peter Votruba-Drzal, Ph.D., PPG Monroeville Chemical Center, PPG Industries, Inc., Monroeville, PA and Raphael Kollah, Ph.D., PPG Industries, Inc., Monroeville, PA

2:30 PM

Energy Saver Blacks - Carbon Blacks Designed to Reduce Compound Hysteresis Through Surface Modification

Michael Jacobsson¹, Peter Cameron¹, Joel Neilsen², Leszek Nikiel¹ and Wesley Wampler¹, (1)Sid Richardson Carbon & Energy, Fort Worth, TX, (2)Sid Richardson Carbon & Energy, Akron, OH

3:00 PM

Break

3:15 PM

New Generation Low Hysteresis Carbon Black for Tire Tread Compounds

Bijan Kumar Roy, Ph.D, Research & Development, Phillips Carbon Black Limited, Palej, India

3:45 PM

Silica Morphology: Beyond the Surface to Expand the “Magic” Triangle

Timothy A. Okel and Colin McCann, PPG Industries, Inc., Monroeville, PA

4:15 PM

The Interaction Of Functionalized SBRs With Silica and ZnO and Its Effect On Dynamic Mechanical Properties

Wilma K. Dierkes¹, Somayeh Maghami¹, Tanya Tolpekina², Steven Schultz² and J.W.M. Noordermeer¹, (1)Engineering Technology, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands, (2)Apollo Tyres Global R&D B.V., Enschede, Netherlands

4:45 PM

Bringing Innovation to the Surface: Functionalized Silicas for Improved Natural Rubber Truck Tire Vulcanizates

Justin Martin, Silicas, PPG Industries, Inc., Monroeville, PA and Timothy A. Okel, PPG Industries, Inc., Monroeville, PA