Innovative MilliCap cap ply tape from Milliken consists of a woven or knitted fabric strip supplied as a spool of perfectly slit tape that is chem. treated for rubber adhesion and tackified so that it sticks to the steel belt ply upon application at the building drum.The construction of the cap ply tape differs, depending upon the tyre speed rating.Regular MilliCap cap ply is constructed via Leno weaving; MilliCap cap ply for high speed tires is made using weft insertion warp knitting; and ultra high speed Aramide MilliCap cap ply is constructed via a process called Leno 2T weaving.This new MilliCap cap ply technol. has several tech. advantages and also eliminates multiple process steps for the tyre manufacturer, resulting in significant productivity improvement.