Tyre Testing

Tyre Testing Unit at Brickendonbury Rubber Consultants has some of the most comprehensive independent tyre testing facilities in the world.

These laboratory-based tyre testing drums are UKAS accredited for testing to the tyre type approval ECE Regulations 30, 54, 108 and 109 and to the BS AU 144 Standard for retreaded tyres (Laboratory 1677). The tyre testing laboratory is also approved by the Vehicle Certification Agency for type approval testing of passenger and commercial vehicle tyres.

Car passenger rig Tyre test facilities include three test drums, all complying to the ASTM Standard F551:

A 4-station passenger rig with 240kph speed and 2 tonne capacity
A 2-station truck rig with 60 mph speed and 6.5 tonne load capacity
An instrumented single station rig for rolling resistance measurements to ISO Standards: ISO 9948: 1992 and ISO 8767: 1992 truck & car respectively, with 5 tonnes load and 60 mph speed capacity. This last rig can be fitted with a high-torque drive suitable for testing solid tyres up to 25 mph

Truck tyre rig Also available are road trailers for conducting accelerated wear testing of both passenger and truck tyres and determination of ice, wet and dry tyre traction properties. Rubber Consultants has tyre wear testing technical officers with many years experience in tyre wear testing.

Commercial vehicle tyres are retreaded with the test and control compounds using conventional or pre-cured technologies. The test tyres are built either as single compound or as multi-sectional tyres and fitted to truck fleets giving a range of severity of service use.

Compounds for passenger vehicle tyres are retreaded onto new casings before tyre wear fleet Tyre with load applied trials using a combination of staff vehicles and local taxi fleets. In addition to the ISO tyre rolling resistance testing other tyre testing Rubber Consultants can carry out is fuel economy measurements using a fuel flow metered 7.5 tonne lorry. Rubber Consultants can also offer analysis of tyre construction and tyre component formulations.

For further information please contact Paul Brown.

Other services offered by Rubber Consultants are:

Analytical Services
Pharmaceutical Testing
Rubber in Engineering
Prototype Design & Manufacturing
Moldflow Simulation
Rubber Technology
Contract Research
Physical Testing
Expert Witnesses

If you require any of our services do not hesitate to contact us.

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Tyre Testing
Tyre Testing Rubber Consultants has some of the most comprehensive independent tyre testing facilities in the world. These laboratory-based tyre testing drums are UKAS accredited for testing to the tyre type approval ECE Regulations 30, 54, 108 and 109 and to the BS AU 144 Standard for retreaded tyres (Laboratory 1677). The tyre testing laboratory is also approved by the Vehicle Certification Agency for type approval testing of passenger and commercial vehicle tyres. Tyre test facilities include three test drums, all complying to the ASTM Standard F551: A 4-station passenger rig with 240kph speed and 2 tonne capacity A 2-station truck rig with 60 mph speed and 6.5 tonne load capacity An instrumented single station rig for rolling resistance measurements to ISO Standards: ISO 9948: 1992 and ISO 8767: 1992 truck & car respectively, with 5 tonnes load and 60 mph speed capacity. This last rig can be fitted with a high-torque drive suitable for testing solid tyres up to 25 mph Also available are road trailers for conducting accelerated wear testing of both passenger and truck tyres and determination of ice, wet and dry tyre traction properties. Rubber Consultants has tyre wear testing technical officers with many years experience in tyre wear testing. Commercial vehicle tyres are retreaded with the test and control compounds using conventional or pre-cured technologies. The test tyres are built either as single compound or as multi-sectional tyres and fitted to truck fleets giving a range of severity of service use. Compounds for passenger vehicle tyres are retreaded onto new casings before tyre wear fleet trials using a combination of staff vehicles and local taxi fleets. In addition to the ISO tyre rolling resistance testing other tyre testing Rubber Consultants can carry out is fuel economy measurements using a fuel flow metered 7.5 tonne lorry. Rubber Consultants can also offer analysis of tyre construction and tyre component formulations. For further information please contact Paul Brown. Other services offered by Rubber Consultants are: Analytical Services Pharmaceutical Testing Rubber in Engineering Prototype Design & Manufacturing Moldflow Simulation Rubber Technology Contract Research Physical Testing Expert Witnesses If you require any of our services do not hesitate to contact us. EMAIL \| HOME
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