Integrated RFID at Tire Technology Expo 2020

The DOS fully automates tyre tread monitoring. This not only eliminates the labour associated with manual tread measurements, but also improves accuracy, enables scalability and identifies significant cost reduction for fleet managers.

Tyrata is utilising innovative RFID solutions from FineLine Technologies to track, trace and validate vehicle tyres. Each tyre is properly identified via the FineLine RFID solution, and monitored for tread wear depth via the DOS.

The non-invasive, easy-to-install, tread monitoring system provides measurement of a variety of tyre sizes, from passenger and light truck to commercial truck and bus radial (TBR) tyres. The real-time measurement of tyre tread depth is collected when a vehicle drives over the low-profile, speed-bump-like unit and the data is automatically correlated with each individual tyre using the RFID tag.

The DOS is based on solid-state sensor technology, is low maintenance and insensitive to road and tyre debris. Customers purchase DOS data for tyres on a monthly basis with no upfront hardware costs and no additional maintenance or software fees.

"In addition to providing fleet companies with the capability to automate tyre management processes, Tyrata's Drive-Over System is seen as a key enabler of tyres-as-a-service, ride-sharing and other emerging business models," said Luka Lojk, VP of Sales and Marketing. "Moreover, with no up-front hardware or software costs, DOS should be a natural solution to deploy by any company seeking data-driven process and safety optimisation."

"FineLine Technologies is pleased to showcase our state-of-the-art RFID technology integration with Tyrata's IntelliTread Drive-Over System. We believe that the two products provide an unprecedented opportunity to create value to any customer wishing to extend tyre-tracking automation with tread-depth data and other tyre maintenance information," added Jan Svoboda, Director RFID Business Development.

The DOS is available for customer testing and is currently being validated with the Durham City Transportation Corporation bus system. The company anticipates expansion of testing to additional transportation service organisations within the Durham, North Carolina area, as well as other customers in the near future.