← Industrial Junkie · Season 1

Rubber

S1 · E2 · 08 Oct 2009 · 1 hr 0 min

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Jonny follows the incredible process behind the production of aircraft tyres for the A380 Airbus, the biggest passenger aircraft in the world which weighs a monstrous 560 tonnes. At the factory in France, Jonny watches how natural rubber tapped from trees is turned into synthetic rubber to mould into these super-sized wheels.