MACHINERY

New technology adds spark to tyres

SUMITOMO Rubber Industries (SRI) and Kansai University, Japan, have developed a new technology to generate electric power from the rotation of a tyre.

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 Tyre company Sumitomo has developed a method of generating electricity from tyres as they rotate. Picture courtesy Sumitomo.

Tyre company Sumitomo has developed a method of generating electricity from tyres as they rotate. Picture courtesy Sumitomo.

The research, undertaken by Professor Hiroshi Tani of Kansai University, found that by installing an energy harvester inside a tyre, static electricity can be converted to clean energy. This energy...

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