XSENSOR Technology Corporation has been working hard to develop new tools for its tire-testing customers. Based on input from companies such as Nokian, Bridgestone, Kumho, and Goodyear, XSENSOR has some exciting innovations to release this year. The first innovation is the release of a new tire sensor in our automotive-testing product line.

“We’re concentrating our efforts in the automotive test market in early 2008. There is a lot of potential in our current framework to support the work of test engineers and the products they hope to build. We’re confident we can meet their needs with this next generation of tools”, says Karl Schilling, XSENSOR’s Director of International Sales. Two specific needs are met by the new tire sensor that XSENSOR has just released (model number IX500:128.128.10); the need for speed and increased durability.

Speed of measurement in the new sensor is a significant step forward. Other available tire sensors involve placing a tire on a pressure sensor, which is situated on a flat surface. Though important, this type of analysis can only offer a static pressure image, not one that simulates real-world activity. XSENSOR’s new tire sensor records measurements much faster, enabling an engineer to actually drive a tire over the sensor to capture information about the point of contact or see how the “rubber hits the road.” This is a crucial type of analysis which was not easily performed until now.

To give test engineers the flexibility to leave the controlled lab environment, XSENSOR enhanced its sensor technology for use in a variety of outdoor environments. Engineers can analyze the effect that soil, sand, and other outdoor materials have on the tire tread by placing these materials on the sensor and under the pressure of the tire. Engineers now have the ability to perform new analysis that has not been readily possible.

”This new sensor provides just as accurate and repeatable results as the other tire sensors in our product line,” states Karl. “This new sensor adds breadth in our tire sensor portfolio and is simply an answer to the needs of our customers in the automotive test world.”