Manufacturing Technology 2026, 26(1):2-13 | DOI: 10.21062/mft.2026.002

Control Measurement of Car Tires during Transport on a Conveyor

Patrik Balcar ORCID...1, Pavel Houška ORCID...1, Martin Svoboda ORCID...1, Ondřej Vetchý1, Milan Chalupa ORCID...2, Milan Sapieta ORCID...3, Roman Horký ORCID...1
1 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem. Pasteurova 3334/7, 400 01 Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
2 Faculty of Military Technology, University of Defence in Brno, Czech Republic
3 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Zilina. Univerzitna 1, 010 26 Zilina. Slovak Republic

The aim of this work is to verify the reliability of optical inspection of tires during their transport on a roller conveyor, with an emphasis on the accuracy of 3D scanning in real and simulated operating conditions. A measuring box was designed and constructed to eliminate environmental interference, and measurements were subsequently compared with different degrees of site coverage. Testing was carried out using a 3D sensor O3D302 operating on the Time-of-Flight principle, and spatial data in the form of point clouds were obtained and compared with the reference dimensions of the Nokian WR D4 tire. The effects of solar IR radiation, rain, surface moisture, and natural lighting conditions were analyzed, which caused different levels of deformation, noise, and measurement deviations. The results show that significant errors occur without coverage, while the measuring box significantly reduces these deviations and increases the stability of point data. Complete coverage from above and below proved to be the most effective solution, but the wet tire surface remains a significant source of interference. The work further proposes structural modifications to the box and recommends the application of a matte surface and the expansion of tests to include the effects of vibrations and real conveyor operation. The result is a technical evaluation of the measurements and recommendations for improving optical tire detection in the industrial process.

Keywords: Experiment, Measurement, Roller conveyor, Reliability, Pneumatics
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This article was created with the support of grant UJEP-SGS-2024-48-001-2

Received: September 26, 2025; Revised: December 6, 2025; Accepted: January 2, 2026; Prepublished online: February 20, 2026; Published: March 21, 2026  Show citation

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Balcar P, Houška P, Svoboda M, Vetchý O, Chalupa M, Sapieta M, Horký R. Control Measurement of Car Tires during Transport on a Conveyor. Manufacturing Technology. 2026;26(1):2-13. doi: 10.21062/mft.2026.002.
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