Research and Development

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Presentation Flow

• R&D Organization Structure

• Development Flow-Chart

• Basic Concepts About Tires

• Emerging Agricultural Trends

• Development Inspiration

• Development Tools & Tire Validation

• Alliance Recent Achievements

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Lior Vilkomirsky

Tire Engineering Dep. Dan Ofek

Mold Design Dep. Yaakov Jaldeti

Testing Dep.

Elhanan Cohen

VP R&D

India USA Israel

Dr. George Ronai

VP Engineering

S. Engineer, Technicians

S. Engineers Engineers

Engineers, Technicians

5 Employees 7 Employees 4 Employees

R&D Cooperating Centers

R&D Organization Structure

All groups are leaded by very experienced managers

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Marketing & sales Field Engineers

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Development Flow-Chart

Patterns Suggestions Feasibility Benchmark Ordering

Field / Outdoor Tests

Designing Approval

Mold Production

Prototype, Pilot

Indoor Tests / Product Validation

Designing (Project Manager & Team Work)

Product Release after 1 Year

NPI - New Development Initiations (Series, Sizes, LI)

Pre-Serial

Repetitions possibility

Tire Engineers Exhibitions Customers, OEM , End-Users

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Presentation Flow

• R&D Organization Structure

• Development Flow-Chart

Basic concepts about tires

• Emerging Agricultural Trends

• Development Inspiration

• Development Tools & Tire Validation

• Alliance Recent Achievements

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Construction: RADIAL vs BIAS

Diagonal / Bias Radial Diagonal / Bias Radial

Before Contact

During Contact

After Contact

In a Diagonal construction – a cord go from bead to bead in long way and distorts the tread while working

• Tread is more flexible

• Sidewalls are more stiff

• Sidewalls stand penetration better

Basic Concepts About Tires

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P * V= Constant

When temperature does not change

@ 2.2 bar (30 psi):

• Passenger (40 liter) ~ 500 kg • Truck (200 liter) ~ 1500 kg • Tractor (500 liter) ~ 5000 kg

Tires volume is different

𝑳𝒐𝒂𝒅 = 𝐶0 ∗ 𝐶𝑠 ∗ 105 ∗ 𝑝0 + 𝑷 ∗ 𝑽2/3

Air is the “though worker”. We are supplying “just” the casing.

Air pressure adjustment is very important

Load Carrying Capacity

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Patterns

Basic Concepts About Tires

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Presentation Flow

• R&D Organization Structure

• Development Flow-Chart

• Basic concepts about tires

Emerging Agricultural Trends

• Development Inspiration

• Development Tools & Tire Validation

• Alliance Latest Achievements

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Emerging Agriculture Trends

• Increasing Load capacity

• Increasing Speed

• Decreasing Soil compaction

• Decreasing Fuel consumption

• Increasing Comfort

• Custom made Solutions without compromising

• Young farmers looking for innovations vs. conservative approach of their parents

“The need for speed”

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Presentation Flow

• R&D Organization Structure

• Development Flow-Chart

• Basic concepts about tires

• Emerging Trends in Agricultural tires

Development Inspiration

• Development Tools & Tire Validation

• Alliance Latest Achievements

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Due to that, Alliance Israel releases

every year between 50 - 60 new tires

Tire Development Inspiration

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Alliance Follows World's agricultural changes,

but also predicts changes successfully

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Spraying in the field Transport to the field Pesticide storage

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Tire Development Inspiration (cont’d)

• Trends In Agricultural Working Methods

- Increase of storage facilities (warehouses)

- Consolidations of small agriculture farms

- Agro-Industrial (Using Industrial machines for Agricultural use)

Video

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Tire Development Inspiration (cont’d)

• Agricultural Machinery Development

- Sophisticated Agricultural equipment

- Heavier and faster Agricultural machines

- Custom-made and Unique solutions

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Tire Development Inspiration (cont’d)

• Growing Demand for Soil & Environmental protection

- Soil compaction reduction

- Fuel consumption reduction (minimum tillage concept)

• Increased demand for low pressure tires for various applications

• Increased demand for High volume tires (used with lower pressure)

• Migration to IF/VF modern tires that carry 20% / 40% higher load with

no change in air pressure

• Starting with 18 sizes in 2012, ETRTO 2015 Year book includes 73 sizes

Illustration Video

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Tire Development Inspiration (cont’d)

Illustration Video

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Tire Development Inspiration (cont’d)

Soil Compaction

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Presentation Flow

• R&D Organization Structure

• Development Flow-Chart

• Basic concepts about tires

• Emerging Trends in Agricultural tires

• Development Inspiration

Development Tools & Tire Validation

• Alliance Latest Achievements

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- Noise Optimization - Comfort Ride

• Unique and sophisticated tools

Self-Development Software

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Development Tools

Finite Elements Analysis / Abaqus

- Tire Design (Dimensions, Strains, Stresses, Footprint)

- Process Understanding

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* Endurance and Burst tests required For ECE R-106 & R-54 Approvals

• Indoor and Outdoor tests

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Tire Validation

- Developed Temperature

- Rolling Circumference

- Rolling Resistance

- Outdoor Tests

- Tire Load-Deflection Curves

- GFP

- Plunger

- Burst test

- Endurance

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ECE 106-R, 54-R E-marking

Tire Validation

• OEM Tires already approved for ECE 106-R

• The rest will be finished during 2016

Example

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Presentation Flow

• R&D Organization Structure

• Development Flow-Chart

• Basic concepts about tires

• Emerging Trends in Agricultural tires

• Development Inspiration

• Development Tools & Tire Validation

Alliance Achievements

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Significant Achievements In Recent Years

• Agriculture tires

- IF/VF Radial Agricultural tires line, 55 tires added to catalogue

- Unique tread pattern for Narrow IF/VF tires - Exclusive Global Innovation

- VF Flotation – Exclusive Global Innovation (Under evaluation)

- High Volume Tires – Answer the demand for increased Load

Video – Flotation

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By modern materials and sophisticated technology Alliance

brings the best implement tire ever to the top:

• Significant reduction of inflation pressure (2.8 bar vs 4.0 bar

of standard tire)

• Carry the same load or more re to standard tire

• 25% increasing of footprint area.

• Extraordinary Grip

• Significant reduction in soil compaction

• High floating performance

Significant Achievements In Recent Years

VF Flotation - Increased soil protection

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166 84 0 • High speed Ag. tires up to 100 km/h – Exclusive Global Innovation

• Reduced inflation pressure for field & road works

- 3 Flotation patterns already running

- Unique high NSD Pattern is under

Outdoor evaluation

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Significant Achievements (Cont’d)

• Agriculture tires

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Significant Achievements (Cont’d)

• Forestry tires

- Agro-Forest - The biggest range in the world for dual application

(field / forest)

- Log Skidder tires – Full range for the application

- Harvester & Forwarder tires - Full range for the application

- Low pressure Forestry tires – Reduced inflation pressure from 5.0

bar to 2.5 - Exclusive Global Innovation (under evaluation)

Video Forestry

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Significant Achievements (Cont’d)

• Agro-Industrial tires

- Growing demand for agro service of industrial tractors

The Combined application led Alliance to develop 2 new families (550 & 580)

- Customers that find agro-industrial tires very useful pushed us to develop

about 60 sizes in about 4 years

• Heavy Duty Flotation tires

- New concept answers Dumpers and Heavy Trailers - Exclusive Global

Innovation

- Tires are running successfully in various patterns - Exclusive Global

Innovation

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Significant Achievements (Cont’d)

Agro-Industrial tires

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Various Famous OEM Clients

Significant Achievements (Cont’d)

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Extreme Event – Altitude Record With No Punctures