Diego Sabato

Diego Sabato is a former student of the Politecnico of Milano engineering school, where he worked for almost 10 years, first as a PhD candidate and then as an assistant professor. He continued his working career joining Pirelli Tyre in 2013, where he have been developing testing methodology, tools and machines, both for consumer and racing applications. He is now head of the testing engineering department, he is also joining the Material & Innovation team of Pirelli and he is responsible of the Vizzola Proving Ground.

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Presentation

Tire wear and TRWP experimental techniques

The up-coming tyre abrasion regulations and the increasingly challenging sustainability goals, call for the development of tires with lower environmental impact. Tire wear (TW) optimization is one of the challenge that the tire industry have to face, with increasingly robust methods to evaluate mileage, wear shape and particles emission. To achieve this goal, reliable laboratory testing methods are essential to predict the wear that can be observed in real life conditions and ensure the quality and durability of tyres. This presentation will focus on today’s development and state of the art of experimental techniques used to measure TW and TRWP.