The tire manufacturers combine it with petroleum derivatives butadiene and styrene. The tread provides traction while the body provides containment for a quantity of compressed air.

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In tires the beads are composed of two braided steel cords encased in a very thick rigid plug of rubber called the chaffer.

Are tires made of rubber. They consist of a tread and a body. Regardless of special components being used all tires in the automotive industry are rubber. The rubber is not in its purest form.

The chaffer protects the body plies against abrasion from the steel bead wires and helps to stiffen the bead area of the tire. Tire manufacturers use synthetic rubber to make tires. Tires must perform well under certain conditions depending on what type of tires such as all season and snow tires.

There is actually a surprising amount of engineering and design that goes into the tire industry. The materials of modern pneumatic tires are synthetic rubber natural rubber fabric and wire along with carbon black and other chemical compounds. Covering the inside of the tire is the thin rubber liner.

The source of synthetic rubber is the sap of rubber tree.