Tire Wear Simulation
Determine a tire's tread wear rate and study potential design issues during early stage development
Simulating tread wear is essential for predicting tire longevity, safety, and performance under various conditions. Accurate tread wear data helps optimize tire design, ensuring durability, grip, and efficient braking. Manufacturers conduct these simulations during development, using lab equipment and road tests. Independent testing organizations and regulatory bodies also assess tread wear to ensure compliance with safety standards, provide reliable consumer information, and validate claims related to mileage and performance across different markets.
Test Methods
Global standards for tread wear simulation ensure consistent, reliable evaluation of tire durability and performance. Prominent standards include the Uniform Tire Quality Grading (UTQG) in the U.S., UNECE R117 in Europe, and JIS D4234 in Japan. These standards specify test methods, conditions, and evaluation criteria to measure tread wear under controlled conditions.
Test methods typically involve lab-based simulations or real-world road testing. Lab simulations use tread wear machines, replicating wear through controlled rolling, loading, and friction. Real-world testing involves driving vehicles over specified routes with varied surfaces and conditions to assess wear patterns over a set distance. Parameters like tire load, inflation, temperature, and driving speed are standardized to ensure consistency. These methods help manufacturers improve tire design, meet regulatory requirements, and provide consumers with accurate lifespan and performance data.
Test Results
Tire manufacturers use tread wear simulation data to design durable, high-performing tires and validate product claims. Automotive companies integrate the data to optimize vehicle-tire compatibility and ensure reliability. Independent testing organizations verify compliance with safety standards, provide consumers with accurate lifespan estimates, and support eco-labeling initiatives, fostering transparency and informed decision-making in the market.
MTS Product Solutions
MTS Tire Tread Wear Simulation solutions enable precise, repeatable replication of real-world driving conditions, moving tread wear testing from the track to the lab and dramatically reducing the time and costs needed to gain reliable results. These systems allow users to test around the clock and enable a broader range of testing scenarios than can be achieved through outdoor testing alone. They are engineered to provide repeatable and accelerated replication of tread wear patterns by precisely controlling tire loads and tire position. Easy-to-use and flexible controls allow users to configure and sequence automated tests that simultaneously apply lateral force, wheel torque, normal load, and inclination angle to meet specific testing needs.
Test Methods
Global standards for tread wear simulation ensure consistent, reliable evaluation of tire durability and performance. Prominent standards include the Uniform Tire Quality Grading (UTQG) in the U.S., UNECE R117 in Europe, and JIS D4234 in Japan. These standards specify test methods, conditions, and evaluation criteria to measure tread wear under controlled conditions.
Test methods typically involve lab-based simulations or real-world road testing. Lab simulations use tread wear machines, replicating wear through controlled rolling, loading, and friction. Real-world testing involves driving vehicles over specified routes with varied surfaces and conditions to assess wear patterns over a set distance. Parameters like tire load, inflation, temperature, and driving speed are standardized to ensure consistency. These methods help manufacturers improve tire design, meet regulatory requirements, and provide consumers with accurate lifespan and performance data.
Test Results
Tire manufacturers use tread wear simulation data to design durable, high-performing tires and validate product claims. Automotive companies integrate the data to optimize vehicle-tire compatibility and ensure reliability. Independent testing organizations verify compliance with safety standards, provide consumers with accurate lifespan estimates, and support eco-labeling initiatives, fostering transparency and informed decision-making in the market.
MTS Product Solutions
MTS Tire Tread Wear Simulation solutions enable precise, repeatable replication of real-world driving conditions, moving tread wear testing from the track to the lab and dramatically reducing the time and costs needed to gain reliable results. These systems allow users to test around the clock and enable a broader range of testing scenarios than can be achieved through outdoor testing alone. They are engineered to provide repeatable and accelerated replication of tread wear patterns by precisely controlling tire loads and tire position. Easy-to-use and flexible controls allow users to configure and sequence automated tests that simultaneously apply lateral force, wheel torque, normal load, and inclination angle to meet specific testing needs.
- MTS Tire Tread Wear Simulators apply tightly controlled forces and motions to replicate complex tire wear patterns in controlled laboratory settings. The latest design of this system – available in versions for both passenger car and truck & bus tire– combines permanent magnet electric rotary drives with conventional hydraulic linear actuators, resulting in significantly increased energy efficiency, simplified maintenance and reduced hydromechanical infrastructure requirements.
- FlexTest Controllers deliver high-speed closed-loop control, function generation, transducer conditioning and data acquisition. Advanced compensation tools in FlexTest (793) software, such as Degree-of-Freedom Control, Three-Variable Control, Amplitude Phase Control, and Adaptive Harmonic Cancelation enable the highest levels of test system controllability and fidelity.
- Series 295 Isolation Hydraulic Service Manifolds (ISHM) & MTS SafeGuard™ Technology increase predictable control of the hydraulic system and implement advanced safety features in accordance with ISO 13849 to meet regional safety performance levels (PLc, PLd, PLe).
- SilentFlo™ Hydraulic Power Units (HPU) feature state-of-the-art motors and cooling circuits to generate highly reliable and energy efficient hydraulic power. SilentFlo HPUs are easy to operate and maintain with fewer parts, accessible controls, and improved filtration.
