Advanced ID Launches ‘Life of Tyre’ Programme

Advanced ID Corporation has announced the launch of two new innovations, one of which is being spearheaded by the company it acquired last year, UK based Pneu-Logic. On January 30 the company stated that it, together with Patch Rubber Company, has launched the industry’s first “guaranteed life of tyre” program. The tyre identification solution, which uses Advanced ID’s UHF RFID Tire Tag and Patch Rubber’s rubber patch technology, will have its public debut at the Truck Maintenance Council 2008 Annual Meeting & Transportation Technology Exhibition in Florida between February 4 and 7.

“Advanced ID and Myers’ Patch Rubber Company are pleased to introduce the world’s first retro-fit UHF tag solution that will remain on the tyre throughout the tyre’s casing life,” said Dan Finch, president and CEO of Advanced ID. “With the recent introduction of Advanced ID’s low cost PR500 UHF tag readers, we are confident that this necessary and affordable solution will take tyre tracking and management to a new level.”

In addition the company’s Pneu-Logic subsidiary has, in conjunction with serial data input/output solutions specialist Serialio.com, introduced Fastcheck, said to be the world’s first non-subscription tyre inspection program. Fastcheck is a mobile PC platform tyre inspection solution that does not require expensive server applications or costly subscription charges. The program includes the patented Pneu-Logic Tread Depth and Pressure Probe combined with state of the art capture and communication software with key components from Serialio.com. Fastcheck is designed to take the hassle out of fleet inspections and produces information, such as basic condition of tyre reporting, which can be directly imported/exported on-site to/from a standard spreadsheet format. Advanced ID is confident that Fastcheck will deliver the most comprehensive and affordable tyre inspection system in today’s ever demanding and competitive tyre market.

“It is also exciting for us to announce that in conjunction with Serialio.com we will be introducing the Fastcheck program at the TMC trade show,” added Mr. Finch. “Fastcheck is the culmination of Pneu-logic listening to its customers’ needs and delivering a solution in a simple “plug and play” application that is delivered on an SD card. Fastcheck is ideally suited for the single fleet inspector but is scaleable to multi-user, multi-depot customers for a variety of fleet inspection functionality and compliance. Through both of our latest product launches, we are proving that Advanced ID is providing the tyre industry with the most advanced technologies to address the important needs of safety and fleet management.”

According to Advanced ID, RFID technology will enable market participants to inexpensively track tyres for passenger safety precautions as well as provide for automotive industry administrative benefits. The tyre tag solution from Advanced ID is based on proprietary RFID tag readers developed by the company and RFID tag technology obtained through its partnership with Hana Group, with a licensing agreement in place with Michelin for its 915 MHz tyre tag for the transportation industry. Advanced ID provides both the tyre tag that is embedded in the tyre during the tyre curing process and also the tyre patch, which is cold vulcanised on the tyre after manufacture or for replacement tyres already in the field. Both applications provide a life-of-tyre, unique ID for the tyre that can be used for inventory purposes, tyre maintenance with the company’s Pneu-Logic tyre inspection tools division, theft prevention, and as a resource in tyre recall situations.

The company recently introduced its Ultra High Frequency 500 Series RFID reader, a unit capable of reading and communicating with applicable RFID tags made by any manufacturer in the world. The 500 Series reader is a robust, long read range, multi-protocol UHF RFID device intended for outdoor and indoor use, and complies with both the European ETSI and US FCC registrations, and features support for multiple tag protocols, including ISO18000-6B and EPC class 1, Gen 2. The unit reads tags, reads and writes user data, and has the ability to program EPC class 1, Gen 2 numbers into tags.