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 A Rubber Tyre

 
Series: How It's Made
Author: Sarah Ridley Contents Listing:
  • A car tyre is made of rubber
  • Rubber trees are left to grow for six or seven years
  • The rubber processing begins
  • The rubber tappers hang out the sheets of latex to dry
  • Synthetic rubber is made
  • The rubber arrives at the tyre factory
  • The rubber mixture is left to settle
  • Machines produce the different parts of the tyre
  • The tyre pieces are put together
  • The tyre is heated in a mould
  • The last stage is to check the quality of the tyre
  • How a rubber tyre is made
  • Rubber and its many uses
  • Tyres and the environment
  • Word bank and index
ISBN: 978 0 7496 6296 7 | 1st Edition | 32 Pages
Size: 265x210mm
A Rubber Tyre - Sarah Ridley
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