Dissolvable Tire Additive Packaging for Lighter Tire Filling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional tire enhancement products, such as anti-corrosion solutions, are bulky, heavy, and costly to transport and store, leading to high shipping costs, inefficient handling, and environmental concerns due to their large totes, which also pose challenges in disposal and on-site application.
Innovation Solution
A dry powder is encased in dissolvable packaging, allowing it to be transported in smaller, lighter containers that dissolve in-site with a solvent to form a tire-enhancement mixture, reducing storage needs and waste while providing safer, more flexible, and environmentally friendly handling and application.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If tire enhancement products are shipped as concentrated solutions in large totes, then the product is ready to use and provides consistent concentration, but the totes are heavy, bulky, expensive to transport, and require large storage facilities
Solution Approach 1:
The concentrated solution is segmented into individual dosage units, each containing a precise amount of solute in a dissolvable container. This segmentation allows the product to be transported in lightweight, compact units rather than heavy bulk totes, while maintaining consistent concentration through pre-measured dosing.
Solution Approach 2:
The product is transformed from a liquid solution state to a solid powder state that can be encapsulated. This parameter change enables the product to be shipped as dry powder in dissolvable containers, dramatically reducing weight and volume while maintaining the ability to deliver consistent active ingredient concentration when reconstituted with water on-site.
2Ease of operation
If tire enhancement products are shipped as concentrated solutions in large totes, then the product is ready to use, but shipping costs and logistics become expensive and complex
Solution Approach 1:
The solute is pre-measured and pre-packaged in dissolvable containers during manufacturing, eliminating the need for on-site mixing and dosing calculations. This preliminary action maintains ease of operation by allowing simple water addition, while dramatically improving shipping efficiency through compact, lightweight packaging that reduces transport costs and logistics complexity.
3Productivity
If tire enhancement products are shipped as dry powder, then shipping costs and storage requirements are reduced, but workers are exposed to hazardous powders and imprecise measurements occur
Solution Approach 1:
A dissolvable container acts as an intermediary between the hazardous powder and the worker. The powder remains enclosed during handling and transport, eliminating direct worker exposure. The container dissolves on-site to release the powder into water, maintaining shipping efficiency while protecting workers from hazardous material exposure.
Solution Approach 2:
The dissolvable container is a disposable packaging solution that protects workers during transport and handling, then dissolves completely during application. This single-use packaging eliminates the need for complex safety protocols during shipping while ensuring precise dosing, as each container is pre-filled with the exact amount of solute needed.
4Quantity of substance
If large totes are used for tire enhancement products, then sufficient product quantity is available, but storage space requirements and disposal costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The total product quantity is divided into multiple smaller dissolvable container units. These segmented units can be stored compactly in much less space than a single large tote, yet provide the same total quantity of active ingredient when all containers are used. The containers can be stored in regular shelving rather than requiring large dedicated storage facilities.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This approach reduces shipping costs, allows wider vehicle transport options, minimizes storage space, and eliminates packaging waste, while ensuring precise metered doses and safer handling by encapsulating hazardous powders.
Implementation Method 1
a dissolvable container, smaller and lighter than the conventional totes, that is configured to dissolve when placed in a predetermined solvent
Data Source
AI summary
A tire-enhancement product has a container comprising a dissolvable packaging material; and a solute encased in the container that is inert to the solute. The container is configured to be placed in an interior volume of a tire, to which solvent can be added. The container is configured to dissolve when placed in a predetermined solvent, and the solute is configured to mix with the solvent to form a tire-enhancement mixture.