1. Divided by use of tires. For example, in my country's national tire standards, American tire and rim manual, European tire and rim standards, Japanese tire standards, and international tire standards, they are all classified by use, and can be divided into the following types :

1.) Car tires

is a tire mounted on a car. It is mainly used for high-speed driving on good roads. The maximum travel speed can reach more than 200 kilometers per hour. It requires a comfortable ride, low noise, and good maneuverability and stability. The tire structure mostly adopts radial structure. According to the requirements of driving speed, it is divided into different series. In the standard and manual, the 95 and 88 series are bias tires, and the 80, 75, 70, and 65 series are radial tires.

2.) Light truck tires

usually refers to truck tires with a rim diameter of 16 inches or less and a cross-section width of 9 inches or more. This type of tires are mainly driven on highways, and the driving speed can generally reach 80-100km/h.

3). Truck and bus tires

usually refers to trucks, dump trucks, various special-purpose and trailer tires with a rim diameter of 18-24 inches and a cross-section width of 7 inches or more. Its driving roads are more complicated, with good asphalt roads, poor gravel roads, dirt roads, muddy roads, icy roads, and even no road conditions. The driving speed generally does not exceed 80km/h.

4.) Construction machinery tires

Construction machinery tires are installed on construction machinery vehicles for special operations, such as loaders, bulldozers, excavators, levelling machines, road rollers, and stonework machines. The driving speed is not high, but the road conditions and load performance used are demanding. The tires mainly adopt the bias tire structure, but for example, the French company Michelin also uses the radial structure. From the classification of tire section width, it can be divided into two series: standard tires and wide-based tires.

5.) Off-road car tires

Off-road vehicles are driven by front and rear wheels. Off-road vehicle tires are mainly driven on bad roads such as deserts, muddy ground, soft soil or other roads without roads. The tires require high passing performance. Off-road tires often use low air pressure, and some also use pressure-regulated tires, depending on the road conditions. To adjust the tire pressure. In order to improve cross-country passability, measures such as widening the tire section and rim width and reducing the rim diameter are generally adopted to increase the ground contact area and reduce the ground pressure. In addition to the bias tire structure, the tire structure also uses a radial structure.

6.) Agricultural and forestry machinery tires

Agricultural tires are mainly installed on tractors, Combine harvesters and agricultural machinery vehicles. Forestry machinery tires are installed on forestry tractors and forestry machinery for forestry harvesting, skidding, shoveling and excavation. The characteristics of these two tires are that they have low speed requirements, but their use conditions are harsh and they often drive in In poor condition of field roads and hard stubble fields or gravel mountain roads, even roads without roads, tires are easily scratched or cut. Another feature is intermittent operation, short mileage, but long service life, so the tire is required to have better resistance to flexing, cracking and aging. The tire is mainly biased, but it also uses a radial structure.

7.)Industrial vehicle tires

is mainly used for pneumatic tires, semi-solid tires and solid tires on industrial vehicles. It is divided into battery car tires, forklift tires and flatbed truck tires.

8.) Motorcycle tires

is used in motorcycle tires. Including motorcycle tires, moped tires and small wheel track motorcycle tires.

9). Aviation tires

is used for pneumatic tires on aircraft.

10) Special vehicle tires

includes gun tires, tank tires, armored vehicle tires, desert tires, explosion-proof vehicle tires, etc.

11) Rickshaw tires

Used in pneumatic tires for bicycles, tricycles and trolleys.

2. Classified by structure

1) Bias tire: The carcass ply is generally at an angle of 48-55° to the radial direction, and two adjacent layers of plies are staggered to form a badger shape.

Tire classification

2) Radial tires: The fundamental difference between radial tires and bias tires is that the carcass cord angle is zero degrees to the radial direction, and the cords of adjacent layers are not intersected but parallel to each other.

Tire classification