Lezi zindaba azintsha, kodwa i-Air-Free (isibonelo esakhiwe yi-Bridgestone) iseyinhle kakhulu.
I-Air-Free into emisha yakamuva emhlabeni we-pneumatic, lobu buchwepheshe busebenzisa inhlaka ye-thermoplastic njengesakhiwo esisekelayo esikhundleni somoya. Udidekile? Siyachaza...
Amathayi endabuko agcwele umoya ukuze akwazi ukusekela isisindo semoto noma isithuthuthu, akunjalo? Hhayi lezi! Esikhundleni somoya basebenzisa i-thermoplastic resin, esabalaliswa emicu engama-degree angama-45. Imfihlo yesakhiwo inhlanganisela yezintambo kokubili kwesokunxele nakwesokudla, okwenza lokhu kubukeke kwengqondo. I-Thermoplastic resin ingasetshenziswa kabusha, okusho ukuthi amathayi angakwazi ukugaywa kabusha kalula, ngaleyo ndlela awenze asimeme.
Kodwa ungacabangi ukuthi i-Air-Free intekenteke kakhulu kunamathayi avamile, ngokuphambene nalokho, kwakukhona inzuzo yokumelana, ukuzinza nokuguquguquka. Ngaphezu kwakho konke lokhu kuthuthukiswa, ngeke usakhathazeka ngomfutho womoya emathayini noma ama-puncture abangela ubuhlungu bekhanda obungaka. Ngakho-ke, ukuphepha kwemoto kuthatha igxathu elikhulu ngokuqaliswa kwalobu buchwepheshe obusha.
I-Bridgestone isivele yenza izivivinyo zokuqala eJapane ngezimoto ezincane, futhi kwaziwa ukuthi uMichelin uthuthukisa isisombululo esifanayo, i-Tweel, ngaleyo ndlela eqinisekisa isithakazelo sangempela sembonini emkhakheni kulesi sixazululo.
Umbhalo: Tiago Luís