Tire Footprint Pressure Mapping

Capture static or dynamic tire footprint pressure patterns for tire tread and performance analysis.

Analyze tire performance and tread to optimize tire designs and benchmark against competitive products.

Tire manufacturers need to understand the changes of a tire under various loads and applications to improve handling and response. This analysis tool provides insight for a better understanding of tire design and how the tire interacts with road surfaces. Analyzing a tire footprint with pressure mapping allows engineers to see how their design improves:

NVH (noise, vibration, and harshness)
Overall Performance
Fuel economy
Longevity/wear

Configurable Pressure Mapping Solutions for Tire Tread Analysis

Tire footprints can be captured statically or dynamically and are displayed as high resolution, multi-colored images of the tire contact pressure pattern in real time. The system's intuitive, application specific graphing and image analysis software enables quantitative and qualitative analysis of the tire footprint.

TireScan™ VersaTek™

versatile system for a wide range of tire sizes

TireScan VersaTek

Modular ruggedized electronics and base plates
Configurable with 8 different sensor models to measure tire sizes in various resolutions
Capable of measuring almost any size tire from passenger vehicles through agricultural and aircraft tires

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TireScan CrossDrive™

high-resolution, large tire tread analysis system

TireScan CrossDrive

Fully integrated, ruggedized solution
Measures large tire footprints at a high resolution
- 250K sensing elements over a 508 mm x 508 mm (20 in x 20 in) area
Designed to handle harsh environments - shear forces, deceleration, toe, and camber

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High Speed TireScan

high speed tire performance analysis system

High Speed TireScan

Capture the impact of speed, motion, and inertial forces on a tire at speeds up to 265 km/h (165 mph)
Array of pressure sensing elements scan at 20 kHz as the tire rolls across the system
Evaluate tire performance at high speeds and identify failure modes
Measure tire distortion

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Detailed Tire Tread Analysis Software

TireScan™ software provides the tools for a more comprehensive and higher quality analysis. The software displays the pressure distribution data in multiple formats. The user has the option to create and customize reports from the corresponding tire data and export as a CSV or Word file.

Real time display of pressure distribution
Multiple graph options
Create custom formulas based off the standard values of the tire
Tire objects allows the user to fine tune the characteristics of the tire being tested (area, contact ratio, centerlines, rib lines, etc.)
Publish custom reports in Word or CSV format