Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IISThe TireChecker software is a fully integrated software solution for in-line tire geometry inspection. In conjunction with our custom tire testing sensors or commercially available sensors, it is the perfect choice for integration of geometry testing into both existing and new tire testing machines.
TireChecker - software package for tire geometry inspection
Precise and reliable tire geometry measurements
Based on many years of experience in the field of optical tire inspection, Fraunhofer EZRT has developed special evaluation algorithms that allow typical, relief-like design elements such as lettering or symbols to be correctly detected without prior knowledge and processed as necessary during geometry measurement or defect detection. This allows precise measurements of the tire’s radial and lateral runout, wobble and reliable detection and classification of quality-relevant bulges and depressions - all in a single, one tire-revolution scan. The entire testing recipe is customizable, and specific sidewall design elements can be processed with additional, customer-specific filter algorithms depending on the testing specifications.
Data for process monitoring
The quality-relevant measurement results of the individual tires obtained by the TireChecker system are reported to the machine interface and can be used to monitor the production process as a whole.
User-friendly graphical user interface (GUI)
The user-friendly GUI helps the user to monitor the system status and the acquired measurement data. The GUI also supports the operator in setting up the evaluation (measurement) ranges for the different tire types through configurable display settings, making the addition of new tire types a breeze. Inspection results are displayed clearly and the user can adjust the display configuration to perfectly suit his needs. Correct system operation can be visually verified at any time thanks to the configurable false color display of the recorded 3D data of the tires.
Compatibility and Flexibility
The tire geometry inspection can be interfaced with virtually any tire-testing machine thanks to its modular interface approach. Various industry-standard interfaces are available, including e.g. OPC, Ethernet and Profibus. Other means of machine interface are available or can be easily added.
The modular approach does not stop at the machine interface. The TireChecker system has also modularized the interface to the sensors, so it can work with many different sensor systems, and the integration of any custom or commercial sensor is only an interface module away.
Ease of use – for anyone
The powerful GUI has built-in support for about a dozen languages, so no matter which language the machine operator speaks – they will understand the TireChecker user interface.
| If you are interested in our TireChecker software, are missing features or need software tailor-made for any problem in the field of digital inspection and testing technology, please do not hesitate to contact us. |
Features TireChecker-Software
- Graphical user interface (GUI)
- Attractive and clear GUI design
- Configurable false color display of 3D sensor data
- Visualization of radial and lateral runout curves and measurement results
- Data evaluation
- Precise measurement of radial and lateral runout and tire wobble on up to five evaluation (measurement) tracks per sensor
- Detection of quality-relevant local defects (bulges, depressions, undulation) on the sidewall
- Different modalities available to determine tread bulge (TDIP, OCS).
- Automatic detection and evaluation of relief-like design elements (lettering, symbols, tread patterns) when evaluating typical tire designs without a priori information
- Tire type specific evaluation (if required)
- Effective methods for suppressing tread pattern grooves
- Optional automatic adaptation of the evaluation (measurement) tracks to the tread profile design (useful if tread profile design is unknown)
- Customer-specific evaluation or quality features can be easily integrated. Subsequent offline evaluation of stored recorded scans is possible
- Parameterization of the evaluation and provision of evaluation results via data interface to the whole machine:
- Various interfaces available (e.g. OPC, Ethernet, Profibus, I/O), other interfaces can be integrated as per customer requirements.
- Control of evaluation (measurement) ranges, error limit values and filter lengths
- Checking of sensor calibration by means of automatic target/actual comparison (calibration verification)