METRIC
A-A-52469A
April 5, 2012
SUPERSEDING
A-A-52469
July 28, 1993
COMMERCIAL ITEM DESCRIPTION
CEMENT, TREAD, RUBBER (METRIC)
The General Services Administration has authorized the use of this commercial item
description (CID) as a replacement for MIL-C-62123A(AT) for all federal agencies.
1. SCOPE. This CID covers commercially manufactured cements containing resins which are
used by the tire retreading industry for applying hot freshly extruded tread rubber compound to
buffed tire casings upon which such resin base cements have been sprayed. The cement covered
by this CID is intended for use in retreading tires used on military wheeled vehicles.
2. SALIENT CHARACTERISTICS
2.1 Materials. The cement to be furnished shall be similar to resin based cements developed for,
and used by, the tire retread industry for production of quality retread tires built with hot,
extruded tread compound. The finished product shall conform to the requirements of ZZ-T-441
when standard shop practice is used for retreading.
2.1.1 Rubber content. The cement shall contain natural, synthetic natural (cis 1-4 polyisoprene),
or styrene-butadiene rubbers in any combination, but shall not contain reclaimed rubber.
2.1.2 Resin content. The cement shall contain resins dissolved in organic solvents such that the
hot extruded tread rubber, when applied at a temperature of 93 degrees Celsius (°C), shall be
held firmly to a buffed, cemented tire carcass without loosening, sagging, or drooping during and
after the period in which the tread stock cools.
Beneficial comments, recommendations, additions, deletions, clarifications, etc. and any data
that may improve this document should be sent to usarmy.detroit.rdecom.mbx.tardec-
standardization@mail.mil or U.S. Army RDECOM, Tank Automotive Research, Development
and Engineering Center, ATTN: RDTA-EN/STND/TRANS MS #268, 6501 E. 11 Mile Road,
Warren, MI 48397-5000. Since contact information can change, you may want to verify the
currency of this address information using the ASSIST Online database at
https://assist.daps.dla.mil.
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