Beyond Lotus LLC

Ping Zhang

Jincheng Xiong

Ani T Nikova

Martin C Green

Michael D Morris

Yakov E Kutsovsky

Frederick Harry Rumpf

Ralph E Dickinson

Irina S Yurovskaya

Jiaxi Li

Hassan M Ali

Satyan Choudhary

Michael Beaulieu

Brian N Hult

Prachi A Dhavale

Disclosed herein are methods of preparing composites from solid elastomer(s) and wet filler(s), as well as products, including composites, vulcanizates, and articles therefrom. The wet filler can have a liquid content of at least 15%. A resulting composite comprises the filler dispersed in the elastomer at a loading of at least 20 phr with a filler yield loss of no more than 10%, wherein the composite has a liquid content of no more than 10% by weight based on total weight of said composite.

Methods of preparing a composite having elastomer and filler

A tire tread and a tire are provided, more particularly, a tire having a tread or other elastomeric component within enhanced composite material properties, including, but not limited to, modulus ratio, percent elongation at break, and/or tan delta, wherein the tire, tread or other elastomeric component comprise composites characterized by well dispersed reinforcing filler, which can be indicated by macrodispersion.

Tire tread

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