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jalka-alue

English translation: bead

15:30 Aug 26, 2009
Finnish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Automotive / Cars & Trucks
Finnish term or phrase: jalka-alue
Renkaan jalka-alue yhdistää sen vanteeseen. Kumiin upotetut rautalangat pitävät renkaan kiinni vanteessa. Renkaan runko on kiinnitetty jalka-alueeseen, ...
Adriana Andronache
Local time: 10:12
English translation:bead
Explanation:
tyre bead (tire bead US) connects sidewall of tyre to (wheel) rim

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Bead The bead is that part of the tire which contacts the rim on the wheel. The bead is reinforced with steel wire, and compounded of high strength, low flexibility rubber. The bead seats tightly against the two rims on the wheel to ensure that a tubeless tire holds air without leakage. The bead fit is tight, to ensure the tire does not shift circumferentially as the wheel rotates. The width of the rim in relationship to the tire is a factor in the handling characteristics of an automobile, because the rim supports the tire's profile.
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Desmond O'Rourke
United States
Local time: 03:12
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bead


Explanation:
tyre bead (tire bead US) connects sidewall of tyre to (wheel) rim

See link:
Bead The bead is that part of the tire which contacts the rim on the wheel. The bead is reinforced with steel wire, and compounded of high strength, low flexibility rubber. The bead seats tightly against the two rims on the wheel to ensure that a tubeless tire holds air without leakage. The bead fit is tight, to ensure the tire does not shift circumferentially as the wheel rotates. The width of the rim in relationship to the tire is a factor in the handling characteristics of an automobile, because the rim supports the tire's profile.


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tire
Desmond O'Rourke
United States
Local time: 03:12
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bead area


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Spencer Allman
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:12
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