Hankook Tire and 3 Hankook Technodome Laboratories Certified as 'Excellent Safety Management Laboratories'

Hankook Tire Technodome

[Asia Economy Reporter Ki-min Lee] Hankook Tire & Technology announced on the 13th that its research and development (R&D) center, 'Hankook Technodome,' received three new certifications in the '2021 Excellent Safety Management Laboratories Evaluation' hosted by the Ministry of Science and ICT, bringing the total number of excellent safety management laboratories to five.

The Excellent Safety Management Laboratories Certification System is a program designed to strengthen the safety management capabilities of science and technology research laboratories established in research institutions and to discover and disseminate standard models of safety management. The Ministry of Science and ICT grants certification to laboratories with outstanding safety management levels and activities through expert evaluations.

In this evaluation, Hankook Tire received new certifications for three laboratories at Hankook Technodome: the Tire Noise Measurement Room, the Friction Energy Testing Room, and the Viscoelastic Properties Testing Room. Hankook Technodome had previously completed certifications for the Flat-trac CT+ Laboratory and the Chemical Analysis Laboratory in 2020.

The newly certified Tire Noise Measurement Room is a semi-anechoic chamber designed to measure and analyze tire noise under various conditions. It provides an optimal environment for noise measurement, supporting research on low-noise technologies, including tire development responses for global automobile brands.

The Friction Energy Testing Room studies wear caused by friction energy and contact patterns between the road surface and tires, which is closely related to tire wear performance. This research is utilized to predict and improve tire wear performance. Additionally, the Viscoelastic Properties Testing Room conducts research analyzing the viscosity, elasticity strength, and relative magnitude of rubber, the main material of tires. Utilizing this research allows for the prediction of tire performance in terms of fuel efficiency, braking power, wear, and performance in low temperatures when the tire is completed.

Meanwhile, Hankook Technodome, completed in 2016, is an eco-friendly research facility equipped with state-of-the-art equipment. It consists of a research building with a total floor area of 96,328 square meters, including two basement floors and four above-ground floors, and a residential building with one basement floor and seven above-ground floors.

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