Radio frequency identification is being adopted rapidly in a growing number of tire industry processes and will deliver more transparency, fewer rejected tires and production failures and better control of materials..

Radio frequency identification is being adopted rapidly in a growing number of tire industry processes and will deliver more transparency, fewer rejected tires and production failures and better control of materials.

Major tire producers are investigating new technologies to support their internal production processes and to gather more data per process step for individual tires. During the last 10 years, RFID has emerged as the answer to the industry’s problem. It is a technology which will rapidly change the tire industry by supporting improvement of the overall quality of individual tires.

Furthermore, large volumes of data will be gathered to support decisions with better intelligence. RFID is the booster for the “Industry 4.0 Development.”

An RFID chip, or tag, is a equipped with an antenna. This antenna mostly is applied on a carrier such as a PET, polypropylene, paper or, in case of tires, sometimes rubber or dipped mesh materials. The ultra-high frequency class one Gen2 has been certified as the world standard for passive (without a battery) RFID tags.

Source: Column: RFID is transforming the tire industry | Rubber and Plastics News