Accelerating application of RFID technology on tire products: Yuan Zhongxue

During this year's two sessions, Yuan Zhongxuan, NPC deputy and director of National Engieering Research Center for Rubber and Tire, submitted a proposal closely related to the industry, Suggestion on Accelerating the Promotion and Application of RFID Technology on China's Tire Products.

Embedding a chip valued only several yuan on a tire will be able to integrate the information about the quality of the tire and how it runs on road, to ensure the quality of the tire and safe transport. This is how RFID works.

Leading by MESNAC, China has developed the electronic tag and put it into the international market.

Yuan introduced that using RFID technology on tires, will help national authority enhance the quality supervision on tires, in particular the tire exports; help consumers know the quality of the tires; and help Chinese tire manufacturers pay greater attention to quality, regulate the development of tire industry, and promote optimize the capacity and industrial upgrade and transformation.

The application of RFID electronic tag for tires will put the grading marks of China’s green tire products in the electronic tag. At the same time, RFID technology provides effective data tracking carrier for each tire, making the tires more intelligent and supporting the construction of Internet of Tires and Internet of Vehicles.

Combing RFID with the tire pressure monitoring system will monitor the temperatureand pressure of tires timely, and the drivers will be able to know the condition of the tires on the road, so as to prevent accidents.

The four international standards on RFID electronic tags for tires were drafted by MESNAC, with the participation of a number of organizations and units across the world.

The four standards were officially approved on Oct. 6, 2015 by ISO. After that, ISO/TC31/WG10 workgroup officially established.

Within the workgroup, there are 43 experts from nine countries including China, with participation of technical experts from Michelin and Bridgestone.

The experts held the global kick-off ceremony of the four standards in Brussels, Belgium, in July 2016.

The four standards are: RFID tire tags, embedding methods for RFID tire tags, testing methods for RFID tire tags and coding for RFID tire tags.

The four industrial standards were involved by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in the first batch of (key) industrial standards to be constituted and revised in 2014.

The standards were officially approved by MIIT in Jan. 15, 2016 and implemented from July 1, 2016.

In the eyes of Yuan, RFID tire tags will help collect and record information about the Internet of Tires and the grading of green tires, monitor the quality and lifecycle of tires, eliminate outdated tire capacity, build quality tire brands, and promote the upgrading and development of China’s tire industry.