National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of ISO 28580:2026. It supersedes BS ISO 28580:2018, which is withdrawn.

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee AUE/4, Tyres and wheels for motor vehicles.

A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its committee manager.

Contractual and legal considerations

This publication has been prepared in good faith, however no representation, warranty, assurance or undertaking (express or implied) is or will be made, and no responsibility or liability is or will be accepted by BSI in relation to the adequacy, accuracy, completeness or reasonableness of this publication. All and any such responsibility and liability is expressly disclaimed to the full extent permitted by the law.

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This publication is not intended to constitute a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application.

Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations.

This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 31 October 2026.

Foreword

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This document was prepared by ISO/TC 31, Tyres, rims and valves.

This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition (ISO 28580:2018), which has been technically revised.

The main change is as follows:

addition of Annex G with optional test conditions regarding sensitivity to test speed, tyre load and inflation pressure.

Any feedback or questions on this document should be directed to the user’s national standards body. A complete listing of these bodies can be found at www.iso.org/members.html.

1 Scope

This document specifies methods for measuring rolling resistance, under controlled laboratory conditions, for new pneumatic tyres designed primarily for use on passenger cars, trucks and buses.

This document is not applicable to tyres intended for temporary use only. This document also specifies a method for correlating measurement results to allow inter-laboratory comparisons.

2 Normative references

3 Terms and definitions

4 Test methods

5 Test equipment

5.1 General

5.2 Drum specifications

5.3 Measuring rim

5.4 Load, alignment, control and instrumentation accuracies

5.5 Thermal environment

6 Test conditions

6.1 General

6.2 Test speeds

6.3 Test load

6.4 Test inflation pressure

6.5 Duration and speed

6.6 Optional test conditions

7 Test procedure

7.1 General

7.2 Thermal conditioning

7.3 Pressure adjustment

7.4 Warm-up

7.5 Measurement and recording

7.6 Measurement of parasitic losses

7.7 Allowance for machines exceeding σ_m criterion

8 Data interpretation

8.1 Determination of parasitic losses

8.2 Rolling resistance calculation

9 Data analysis

9.1 Rolling resistance coefficient

9.2 Temperature correction

9.3 Drum diameter correction

9.4 Measurement result

10 Measurement machines alignment and monitoring requirements

10.1 General

10.2 Conditions for reference machine

10.3 Conditions for candidate machine

10.4 Alignment tyre requirements

10.5 Alignment procedure

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