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Glass fiber composite made airless tire successfully tested

27 Apr '11

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New Tech Tire, a division of Scitech Industries, a Delaware corporation, announces a successful test of the New Tech Tire Airless Tire. This NON PNEUMATIC tire was tested at an industry laboratory in Ohio. The tire achieved a cool and uniform 10-hour run at highway speed at passenger car load. The tire was mounted on a standard rim with a conventional tire mounting machine. The tire is self-supporting, with internal glass fiber composite ribs supporting the load. The tire was built & cured in a conventional steam-bladder mold at a commercial tire factory. The composite rib and tire construction are covered by world wide patents.

"Commercial versions of the NEW TECH TIRE will create a new tire for almost any thing on wheels, from a garden tractor to the largest off the road vehicle,” stated Morris Corn, President.

Some of the benefits this tire could provide to the manufacture and consumer are:

* Better fuel economy, as much as 2 percent or more. This alone may cause EPA to mandate our tire's use.
* Weight saving and cost saving due to no spare, jack, or tools.
* Quicker vehicle handling due to no sidewall warpage for superior safety.
* Tire is manufactured on standard equipment.
* Tire requires only three rubber compounds, a cost savings.
* No calendared belts, a cost saving. With retreading, tire will outlast vehicle, a cost savings.
* Tire mounts on standard rims with standard machine.
* Tire uses no expensive materials, weighs the same as pneumatic tires therefore manufacturing cost should be equal.

And the best for last because there is no compressed air in the tire punctures are meaningless. This tire can be retreaded over and over again.

Scitech Industries is seeking tire and composite industry strategic partners to commercialize and market the New Tech Tire

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