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TireScanTM System Features

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TireScan Pressure Display

Above: 2D pressure distribution image of a tire footprint showing Perimeter Area,
Contact Area, and Cross Sectional Pressure Profile of the tire.
It also shows the Length and Width of the tire footprint.
KEY SOFTWARE FEATURES:
  • Measures force, pressure, and contact area - dynamically
  • Record and Play-back pressure “movies”
  • Display real-time and recorded data as 2-D and 3-D pressure images and graphs
  • Ability to isolate and analyze specific areas
  • Plot pressure, area, and force data over time and distance
  • Windows compatible copy and paste of pressure images or data values into other applications
  • File output in ASCII format
  • View and compare multiple tests
  • New! Save files as AVI movies
  • And much, much more!

SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS

Sensor Technology Resistive
Accuracy +/- 5%
Pressure Range 0-300 psi (2,068 KPa)
Thickness 0.008" (0.20 mm)
Not compressable - dimensional stability is key
for repeatable measurements.
Ambient Temperature 15 °F to 140 °F (-9 °C to 60 °C)
Ambient Humidity 5% to 90% RH
Connection Type USB 2.0
Cable Length 15 ft (4.57 m) (Up to 100 ft (30.48 m) available)

TIRE SENSOR OPTIONS

Tekscan offers a variety of sensors for capturing tire footprints of passenger, truck, agricultural, mining, and OTR tires. We also offer sensors to measure tire bead pressures. Sensors are available in a wide range of sizes, spatial resolutions, and scan rates. Refer to the chart below for Sensor Specifications. Don't see a sensor that meets your needs? Tekscan also offers custom sensor designs. Please contact us to learn more. Refer to our Industrial Catalog for complete sensor listing.

Sensor Specifications Model #8405 Model #8400 Model #8000 Model #7101
Sensing Area 12.48" x 12.48"
317 mm x
268 mm		 12.48" x 12.48"
317 mm x
268 mm		 11.52" x 10.56"
292.6 mm x
268.2 mm		 19.20" x 17.60"
487.7 mm x
447.0 mm
# of Sensing Elements 82,368 36,608 8,448 8,448
Spatial Resolution (X,Y) 0.040" x 0.040"
1.0 mm x 1.0 mm		 0.060" x 0.060"
1.5 mm x 1.5 mm		 0.120" x 0.120"
3.0 mm x 3.0 mm		 0.200" x 0.200"
5.0 mm x 5.0 mm
Scanning Rate (Hz)/Frames per second 70 100 200 200
Tire Type Passenger & Truck Passenger & Truck Truck Agricultural, Truck
& OTR
Construction Rugged or Standard Rugged or Standard Standard Standard
Visual Output Sensor Model 8405 Output Sensor Model 8400 Output Sensor Model 8000 Output Sensor Model 7101 Output

RELATED PRODUCTS & OPTIONS

Tekscan systems provide the flexibility of adding on capabilities as your needs evolve to enhance data analysis and interpretation. Please ask us about any of the add-on options to the I-Scan system listed below:

Video Synchronization™ - Video sequences can be recorded and synchronized with your pressure data and visualized in Tekscan software, enhancing the utility of collected data.

Equilibration/Calibration Devices - Pneumatic devices apply a uniform pressure to the active area of a sensor to normalize output of each sensing element. The system electronically compensates for variation in individual sensing elements.

ASR (Automatic Sequential Recording) - Allows the system to automatically start a new recording when the current one is complete, without the need to manually open new real-time windows and start new recordings.

API 2 (Application Program Interface) - API 2 software enables a user, with programming knowledge, to write programs that directly access Real-Time sensor data buffers. The user interface is preserved with API 2.

Advanced Analysis (Polygon/Blob/Tracking Box) - This software package includes three options for more thorough analysis, such as allowing you to add a custom shaped box or window to a Real-Time window, ability to study loaded sensels in a particular area, and the ability to add a box to a movie or Real-Time window that will follow the loaded sensels in a given area.

Tab Extender - Increase the distance between your sensor and the Tekscan sensor scanning handle (electronics) with Tekscan’s reusable Tab Extender.

Save MatLab™ - Save Tekscan movie data (*.fsx file format) into a MATLAB MAT-File (*.mat file format) for greater flexibility in analysis.

External Trigger & Synch - Trigger/Synch allows the user to coordinate the operation of other products with a Tekscan system.

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