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You are here: Home1 / News2 / Product News3 / Real-Life Test for Goodyear’s RFID Technology

Real-Life Test for Goodyear’s RFID Technology

Date: 23rd November 2005 Author: Tyrepress Editors Comments: 0

The Goodyear Tyre & Rubber Company, the first to implement Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology on a production scale, says RFID is the future for tyre identification in manufacturing, supply chain management and tyre/vehicle integration.

In late November, Goodyear’s RFID technology passed its first major real-life test when NASCAR used it for a Craftsman Truck Series race at Homestead – Miami Speedway in Florida.

“A multitude of passenger tyre advances, such as innovative tread designs and new construction techniques, have evolved from our racing roots. Now RFID technology is following that same path,” said Steve Roth, Goodyear’s director of vehicle systems. “The fast-paced, high-pressure racing environment was the perfect real-life test for our patented, embedded RFID tag, which has been in development in our laboratories for several years,” he said.

Goodyear began exploring RFID technology in 1984 and in 1993 began the first field trial with more than 3,000 tyres.

“Through this program, we can demonstrate the effectiveness of our technology, while encountering the same issues we would experience with any original equipment or retail customer,” Roth said. “We expect this successful application with NASCAR to help advance our RFID efforts on a far broader scale.”

Roth said he expects RFID to have a huge impact on tyre production, warehousing, sales and service, and Goodyear is at the forefront of the movement. The tags provide for automated reading by RFID scanning equipment and are capable of carrying large amounts of information. Tyre identification is the first piece of data that will be available, but as the technology progresses, specific tyre data could also be added that would allow for improved vehicle performance.

Goodyear will start the 2006 racing season with a new tyre leasing program for NASCAR’s top three series, and RFID technology will assist with the implementation of NASCAR’s new controlled testing procedures, developed to level the playing field for all of the teams in the series.

The RFID chips store tyre identification data to help manage the leased inventory and ensure each team gets its correct tyres. Goodyear says RFID is the quickest method available to log in the thousands of new and used tyres being returned at the end of a race before teams can depart the track. Goodyear is the exclusive tyre supplier to NASCAR’s top three series.

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