Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (SRI), the parent company of Sumitomo Rubber North America, says that it has developed a "groundbreaking new technology" for detecting tyre wear levels.
"The latest breakthrough represents the next evolution of our proprietary Sensing Core Tyre Sensing Technology, adding tyre wear to the list of conditions that this innovative technology can detect - a list that already includes tyre pressure, tyre load and road conditions," say SRI officials.
SRI proprietary Sensing Core Tyre Sensing Technology "is able to detect various conditions related to tyres and the road - all thanks to our extensive know-how related to the dynamic behavior of tyres, cultivated over many years of developing high-performance tyres, as well as specialized digital filtering technology that can analyze and interpret wheel speed signals, which are transmitted as tyres rotate."
The technology uses tyres as its sensors, according to SRI officials. "It requires no additional tyre installation and is completely maintenance-free. Further, by sharing wheel speed signal data and other pertinent information over the cloud, Sensing Core also allows for cloud-based detection of potential issues at the regional level."
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The company believes that Sensing Core "holds enormous potential for future applications among mobility service and transport service providers, ensuring the overall safety of their operations, while greatly reducing maintenance costs."
About Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd.:
SRI President speaks about the company and mentions, "At the Sumitomo Rubber Group, we utilize advanced proprietary rubber technologies to drive ongoing growth and development throughout our three main lines of business: Tyres, Sports and Industrial Products. In February of 2020, we announced an ambitious New Mid-Term Plan that aims to build upon the global network of R&D, manufacturing and sales bases that we have built to date so that we may further enhance both our group’s economic value and our value to society between now and 2025.
Toward this end, our New Mid-Term Plan sets forth three Value Drivers as key focal areas for our overall efforts to achieve our lofty goals: “Developing & Promoting Sales of Advanced Products,” “Creating New Value” and “Promoting ESG Management.”
