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radial-ply

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radial-ply
(of a motor tyre) having the fabric cords in the outer casing running radially to enable the sidewalls to be flexible

radial-ply [′rād·ē·əl ¦plī]
(design engineering)
Pertaining to the construction of a tire in which the cords run straight across the tire, and an additional layered belt of fabric is placed around the circumference between the plies and the tread.


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A cross-ply green tire is cylindrical in shape and a radial-ply tire has a pre-cambered form.
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During the 1970s, the industry was revolutionized when bias-ply tires were replaced by radial-ply tires.
 
 
 
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