Self-healing tires are an opportunity or a chicken rib

May 07,2024

For the owner of the car, the biggest trouble is the tire nail leakage, this kind of big or small problem is really a headache, mend a tire also have to go to the tire shop. Of course, the tire industry is also trying to solve the problem. So self-repairing tire came into being, the early self-repairing tire technology is not mature, the reputation is not good. But with the investment of more and more tire giants, self-repairing tires seem to usher in spring.

For a long time, a flat tire is the biggest killer that threatens driving safety, although this problem was previously solved by a spare tire, but it is very troublesome and inefficient.  Later, the air-tight technology was too chicken, how to perfectly and easily solve the problem of tires being nailed, and self-repairing tires came into being.  At present, these three technologies have been widely adopted by tire companies, and the market has slowly begun to accept tires with new technologies.

With the increasing sales of new energy vehicles, many owners have many troubles and concerns about the daily driving of new energy vehicles, and the gradual expansion of this concern has created more demand for consumers' driving experience of new energy vehicles.

So, many tire companies have already begun the research and development of new energy automobile tires. Recently, the new energy tire market has just debuted new energy tires, Germany Horse brand eContact tire series as a new energy tire not only achieved balanced and excellent performance, but also the whole system is equipped with ContiSeal self-repair technology, so that new energy vehicles no longer have safety concerns.

It is understood that eContact tire series as the German horse brand for new energy models customized technology, the biggest highlight is that the whole series is equipped with the German horse brand king brand black technology - ContiSeal self-repair technology. ContiSeal self-repair technology uses a highly viscous seal layer to self-repair puncture of 5 mm or less in diameter, enough to face 92% of the risk of puncture on the road, and to guarantee self-repair capability over the full life of the tire for 10 years, with little impact on the dynamic performance of the vehicle. The tire self-repair technology of full protection can enable new energy vehicles without spare tires to achieve active safety and enjoy a worry-free journey without affecting the endurance.

Today, tire giants have developed and applied self-patching technologies, such as: In August 2021, Michelin officially launched self-repairing tires (sefseal) in the Chinese market, which will significantly improve the tire pressure loss caused by punctures of automobile tires, so as to meet the needs of consumers for safe and comfortable travel. In May 2021, Dalian Goodyear self-sealing tire production line (Phase I project) passed the completion of environmental protection acceptance. This production line is a sealed tire production line with an annual output of 500,000 self-sealed tires.

Self-repairing tires are claimed to be free of tire repair, which will give consumers the illusion that installing this once and for all, there is no need to worry about any problems with the tires, after all, they are not afraid of punctures. In this way, the tire repair business of the tire shop will be affected, people are replaced with self-repairing tires, no one comes to repair the tire, for the current tire shop tire repair business is still a very important part, after all, no one will smash their own jobs, and self-repair tires are not completely afraid of pricking, for too large nails are useless.

Although the product with the new technology is necessarily good, the self-repairing tire is a good way to avoid a tire leak caused by some small nails, the vehicle is lying down, or the tire burst and other dangerous situations. Logically speaking, the market is very welcome, but for most owners, this technology to prevent problems can not be intuitive to let customers know. Just like the popular air-tight tires before, if the customer's car does not leak and burst the tire, the air-tight technology is useless, but because the tire side is thick, it will affect the comfort.

Similarly, self-repairing tires do not let customers find it indispensable highlights, more importantly, the price of self-repairing tires is more expensive than ordinary tires. The general self-repairing tire target population is also driving more business luxury models, these models are very focused on safety, so do not care about these costs. The general public is reluctant to spend extra money on expensive self-repairing tires.

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