Tire tracking applications

Embroidered RFID antennas for tire-tracking applications... 

Major polymer applications tires, flooring, conveyor belts, shoe products, sheet, tubing, tank and caterpillar tracks, sporting goods, toys, coated fabrics, automotive mechanical goods... 

Thermoplastic polyurethane elastomers can be molded and extruded to produce flexible articles. Applications include wire insulation, hose, tracks for all-terrain vehicles, solid tires, roller skate wheels, seals, bushing, convoluted bellows, bearings, and small gears for high-load applications. In the automobile industry thermoplastic polyurethanes are used primarily for exterior parts. Their ability to be painted with flexible polyurethane-based paints without pretreatment is valuable. 

Recent evaluations of guayule rubber in finished rubber goods have focused on military applications. Guayule rubber has been evaluated in tank track pads (121,122), in aircraft tires (123-125), and in light truck tires (126). The performance of rebuilt aircraft tires built with guayule rubber was comparable to the... 

Applications buffer springs, conveyor belts, golf balls, hoses, industrial flooring, modification of other polymers (e.g., HIPS and ABS), rubber pads for ballastless track, rubberized cloth, seals and gaskets, tires ... 

With the increasing demand for automated inventory tracking and item identification, passive UHF RFID systems have been extensively adapted. As shown in Figure 10.31, an important application is to integrate these RFID tags into commercial truck tires to... 

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