K-PRESSURE™

  

K-PRESSURE™: the new generation tyre pressure monitoring systems

Tire pressure monitoring systems provided by the car manufacturers are not always your best bet. These systems evaluate tire pressure relative to the other tires on the vehicle. So, if all four tires were subjected to the same irregularity, nothing would be detected. The Pirelli system, on the other hand, monitors each tire individually, providing the most accurate and efficient detection system.

Usually linked to the size of the tire: they do not evaluate directly, but relative to a comparison with the other tires fitted to the vehicle. With the result - improbable, but technically possible - that if all four tires should be subjected to the same anomaly at the same time, that fact would not be diagnosed. The Pirelli systems work by surveying the tire pressure directly and are divided into various systems. The company puts its weight behind each one.

The important new development starts on the basis of the long studies carried out by Pirelli. But the results are astonishingly new.

Pirelli's latest, the K-PRESSURE™ , will be available soon on the replacement market and is built around a sensor system that is fitted to the tire's valve. Inserted into the valve cap, the mechanism can be used for both conventional tires and the Run Flat, and measures the eventual pressure changes in real time (different caps, dependant on the reference value). It then communicates any changes in one of three different ways:  

• AcousticBlue : signal via wireless link to the mobile phone;
• Acoustic :signal via the onboard electronic management system;
• Optic : optical signal on the valve cap (white: OK - red alarm).

 

Apart from the AcousticBlue system, which immediately identifies the problem tire, all other versions provide acoustic and visual messages, which identify the wheel fitted with the problem tire.

 

Check out the advantages of all three grades of the K-PRESSURE™ system:  

• Non-invasive : all fitted to the outside of the rim/tire
• Minimum weight : from 3.5 to 6 grams: zero risk of imbalance
• Standard rim : an (ETRTO) valve is sufficient
• Plug and play : immediate fit: no adjustment required
• Maximum accuracy : auto-compensation for different external temperatures and pressures
• Maximum life : the battery inside the cap provides 5,000 hours of autonomy
  
  

Economy: K-PRESSURE™  has been developed as a family of modular products in order to optimise costs. The various versions are decidedly competitive in their pricing compared to the systems currently on the market and set a new standard in terms of price/benefit to the user, as is the case with K-PRESSURE™ Optic.