TRELLEBORG will launch ProgressiveTraction technology, a concept tyre that wil be showcased at a trade show to be held from 10 to 16 November in Hannover, Germany.
After two years of intensive numeric simulations as well as indoor and outdoor testing, Trelleborg’s ProgressiveTraction technology has been applied to a 650/65R38 agricultural tyre for the first time. The new tread has a completely different face, its double lug being the key highlight of the new tire solution.
Piero Mancinelli, R&D Director, Trelleborg Agricultural and Forestry tyres, says: “When it comes to innovation for farming, this new concept tyre is a tangible example of Trelleborg’s ability to think out of the box when searching for new solutions that upgrade the performance of radial agricultural tire, lifting them to new standards.
“The new generation of tractors and transmissions continuously offer farmers more power and torque. To cope with these requirements, agricultural tyres have been growing both in terms of width and overall diameter, becoming larger and larger. The ambition of ProgressiveTraction technology is to increase tyre efficiency and performance by simultaneously working on the tyre’s dimension while re-engineering the traditional tread.