Mumbai, April 16 -- Fraunhofer Institutes has developed a Biomimetic synthetic rubber with optimised abrasion behavior which will achieve 30 to 50 percent less abrasion than natural rubber.
The global tyre industry is facing volatility in supply of natural rubber. However, synthetically produced rubber, on the other hand, has not yet been able to match the abrasion behavior of the natural product, rendering it unsuitable for truck tires. But now, for the first time, a new type of synthetic rubber has been developed that achieves 30 to 50 percent less abrasion than natural rubber.
In view of this threat, researchers at the Fraunhofer Institutes for Applied Polymer Re-search IAP, for Microstructure of Materials and Systems IMWS, for Molecul...