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Research Objective
Create a SuperPro model for industrial tire rubber production
that utilizes wheat gluten in place of conventional activators
(e.g. zinc oxide and stearic acid) to cure rubber more
sustainably, while maintaining the physical properties of a
Figure 4. SuperPro model of industrial tire rubber production using the wheat gluten protein, gliadin, as the curing
traditionally cured tire rubber. activator
Restored energy (rebound or resilience) 39 ± 2% revenue per unit produced given that each unit costs $7.25 to produce.
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