PROFIT - Protection of Flexible Conductors in Tyres

£877.3K GBP

Funder	Innovate UK
Recipient Organization	Silent Sensors Limited
Country	United Kingdom
Start Date	Jan 01, 2021
End Date	Jun 29, 2021
Duration	179 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Award Holder
Data Source	UKRI Gateway to Research
Grant ID	`91446`

Grant Description

PROFIT will develop techniques and barrier layer materials which will protect sensitive, flexible, conductive, interconnects and electronic devices against the effects of sulphur within rubber, during or post vulcanisation.

The project output will be a batch of UHF RFID tags which will be subjected to a complete tyre manufacturing (vulcanisation) process and tested using a major tyre manufacturer.