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Types of Tire Failure
Punctures: Safe Guard seals punctures up to and including 1 1/4 inch (6.5 mm) in diameter in the tread area of tires. The sealing is accomplished through the combination of centrifugal force and air pressure. When a puncture occurs, Safe Guard instantaneously surrounds the puncturing object to pressure loss. As the puncturing object is removed, fibers are forced into the puncture creating a permanent seal. This special sealing process allows a minimal loss of air pressure and results in a cured plug that is impervious to water, mud and snow.
Pressure Loss: Improper air pressure affects tires in two ways: (1) it rapidly accelerates tread wear thus reducing the service life of the tire, and (2) it increases the fuel consumption. The loss of air pressure results from a number of causes other than punctures. Examples include: periods of vehicle non-use, and tire rim and bead leaks. Rubber tires are relatively porous and a fully inflated tire at rest for a period of time will lose air. Safe Guard reduces tire porosity thus preventing air loss and stabilizing air pressure. Further, air pressure loss from bead leaks can be prevented through the proper application of Safe Guard.
Heat Build-up: Heat is the worst enemy of tires. Excessive heat significantly reduces tread life. Because rubber is a poor conductor of heat, excessive heat caused by friction between the tire and the road tends to build up and remain concentrated in the tread area of the tire. Since an under-inflated tire does not have the proper amount of tread contacting the highway, the part of the tread that contacts the highway receives all the heat caused by friction. In a properly inflated tire, this heat is dispersed throughout the tread area. In addition to maintaining proper air pressure as mentioned above, Safe Guard also conducts heat within the tire reducing the operating temperature of the tire. By centrifugal force, Safe Guard coats the inside of the tire, actually absorbing heat from the tread area and dispersing it into the side walls and rim of the tire. Safe Guard's thermal conducting properties result from its glycol content.
Tire Imbalance: After a tire is already balanced, Safe Guard hydro-dynamically balances the entire wheel simultaneously as the tire rotates, thus maintaining balance. This is accomplished as Safe Guard is uniformly distributed within the tire by centrifugal force to points inside the tire that are the furthest from the center of gravity. The uniform distribution of Safe Guard results in the axle's center of rotation coinciding with the true axle center, thus maintaining balance. Not all front end vibration problems are tire related.
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