Due to RAIN RFID’s singular technology, RAIN is the standardized way to uniquely identify all kinds of tyres digitally. Call it “chips in tyres.” This identification allows purchasers of RAIN RFID integrated tyres to have access to important information regarding their tyre purchase with a simple scan of the RAIN RFID chip. The available information includes inventory control, tyre history, and custom verification numbering. While this is an exciting integration of RAIN RFID technology, it’s important to be clear on how this technology can benefit users. In order to help explain how to implement this advancement and spark product innovation, RAIN RFID hosted the RAIN RFID Tyre Expo from September 8th-9th, with more than 230 individuals in attendance.

Leading International Motorsports Organization Keynotes

On September 8th, Nicolas Aubourg, Head of Performance at the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) spoke at the RAIN RFID Tyre Expo to discuss how RAIN technology applies to the high-speed world of FIA. Aubourg explained how FIA relies on RAIN RFID technology for success, and provided expert analysis on RAIN RFID and tyres. Although the date of Aubourg’s keynote address has passed, you can read the Q&A RAIN RFID conducted with Aubourg that include the highlights from his keynote address.

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RAIN RFID Tyre Guide Rolls-out

In order to develop a guide for industry professionals, a team of around 30 individuals, made up of Global Standards (GS1) experts, International Organization for Standardization (ISO) members, and RAIN Alliance members came together to create the RAIN Tyre Work Group. For their first mission, they spent September 2020 to April 2021 developing the RAIN Guidelines for Tire Identification. Providing a step-by-step guide of the entire RAIN tyre integration process, this documents explains it all from how to involve Serialized Global Trade Item Numbers, or SGTINs, to installing the specific 96-bit long encoding into the memory bank of a RAIN tag.

The adoption of the Tyre Guideline comes with many benefits, including reducing the workload for tyre manufacturers and other parties involved throughout the process. The guideline also provides additional information related to tag commissioning, which allows for tyre manufacturers to easily comply with the International Organization for Standardization, Technical Committees (ISO TC31) practices and regulations. Furthermore, there is information included in the guide regarding how to avoid duplicating SGTIN-96, which is important for tyre manufacturers worldwide.

Download the RAIN Guidelines for Tire Identification.

While the Tyre Guideline is unsurprisingly dedicated to the tyre industry, its content is easily applicable to any industry that is looking to leverage RAIN RFID technology with SGTIN-96 identification. This translatable nature is reason for excitement, as it will allow for the further adoption of RAIN RFID technology in other industries and businesses.

To further break it down, the unique identifier that allows this advancement to be made is SGTIN-96, or 96-bit long Serialized Global Trade Item Number. It’s ideal for RAIN RFID tags, as it does not require the use of high-capacity memory tags. As with any unique tagging identifier, there is a strict compliance required to GS1 rules and standards. Another unique aspect of SGTIN-96 is its ability to be built out of existing Global Trade Item Numbers (GTINs) that are used in the retail sector and meet specific barcode encoding standards. This preestablished history allows for a convenient, sustainable, and easily accessible interpretation of the RAIN RFID tags, which would not be the case with a different GTIN.

We invite you to explore more RAIN RFID blog content and check out the RAIN RFID Tyre Guideline to read a more detailed explanation each step in the integration process.