Safe process oils for tires with low environmental impact

The global market place is increasingly demanding safe process oils to redu ce the environmental impact of tires. The replacement of classified distill ate aromatic extracts by non-carcinogenic MES, TDAE, or naphthenic process oils will reduce the PAH emissions from tires by more than 98%, Rubber test s back-to-back with DAE with carbon black and silica filled vulcanisates sh ow a slight shift in wet grip performance and an improvement in rolling res istance for all alternative oils. MES type oils from different crude oils a nd refineries are fully interchangeable in rubber and compound formulations . MES have already been made on commercial scales in various parts of the w orld.