Yokohama advances tire wear monitoring with new sensors

Tokyo – Yokohama Rubber Co. (YRC) has developed a technology that detects the wear condition of passenger car tires by analysing sensing waveforms transmitted from tires.

The technology employs a proprietary signal processing system from a sensor attached to the tire’s inner surface, said YRC in a 21 April statement.

The sensors, jointly developed with Apls Alpine Co., capture sensing waveforms of a rotating tire’s changing shape.

The data is then processed by a cloud-based analysis method which distinguishes between new and worn-out tires, YRC added.

According to Yokohama, the technology enables timely notification to the car owner or a vehicle fleet manager of the need to rotate or replace worn tires, enabling more optimal tire maintenance.

The new development is part of Yokohama’s medium-term management plant which aims to address growing demand in trends such as connected, autonomous, shared & services as well as mobility-as-a-service concept.