Benjamin Oelze

Dr Oelze has been working for Continental for 17 years and is currently responsible for test method developments in the field of tire wear. In this capacity, he is a member of the ETRTO work group which is developing a tire abrasion rate test for regulatory purposes. He is also an ETRTO expert in the related UNECE GRBP Task Force on Tyre Abrasion (TF TA).

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Presentation

Advances in regulatory tire abrasion testing with the vehicle method

ETRTO has been working since 2018 on the design of a vehicle-based tire abrasion rate index test method for consumer tires as a contribution to the regulatory evolution under the framework of a task force at the United Nations WP.29. After improvements introduced in 2023, a second test campaign was performed. In addition, the measurement of 180 tires selected to obtain a state of the art of the UN consumer tires market gives a statistical view of abrasion performance. The development of abrasion index test methods for van and heavy-duty truck tires is also in progress. These developments and results are presented.