Redesigning the Tire

Full demo

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Stability

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Giant Footprint

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Drag Test

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Introducing, Galileo Tire

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Forget everything you thought you knew about tires. Galileo Wheel is proud to present a new tire for off and on road vehicles, a development that will break nearly all the boundaries of a conventional tire. A new and completely redesigned tire, The Galileo CupWheel tire has an ‘accordion-shape’ folding sidewall that allows the outer circumference to change its shape freely, and move about the wheel center in all directions. Furthermore, while air pressure drops, the sidewall folds, not collapsing as in a standard tire, and therefore generating far less heat. These features provide the Galileo Tire with a gigantic footprint at 0 psi – far beyond anything the tire industry has seen before, natural runflat capabilities at high speeds, structural stiffness for superb handling capabilities at any pressure and a rolling circumference that stays the same regardless of air pressure.

23 psi

0 psi

Short term applications currently under development include:

Farm Tractors & agricultural equipment: Small tractors to do large tractor job with unparalleled minimal field damage
Military: New standard for versatility
Construction: Unprecedented negotiability
Forestry: Previously unattainable combination of negotiability and minimal ground damage

Essentially creating a new and better tire, Galileo looks to become the wheel of choice for hundreds of applications and millions of on and off road vehicles

Giant footprint with even pressure distribution

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Galileo Cupwheel presents a paradigm shift in tire design and performance. One of the most significant breakthrough’s is the tire’s ability to sustain and work fully deflated with a track like footprint:

Galileo Tire Footprint

The unique geometry of Galileo’s CupWheel tire allows it to:

Multiply the size of its footprint when deflated, far beyond conventional tires
Evenly spread the weight of the vehicle over the entire footprint where as traditional tires buckle when air is removed, causing the weight of the machine to be concentrated on the edges of the tire.

Pull more, spend less on fuel
The large footprint means greater drawbar. More of your vehicle’s power will be transferred to the ground. This has tremendous implications. Recent field tests showed that tractor mounted with CupWheel power showed the following:

With the same slippage, the tractor offered 40% more drag force
With the same load, the CupWheel slippage rate was about half, contributing to major fuel savings

Military

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Safety, durability, versatility are all words synonymous with military vehicles. Today’s combat vehicles must have the versatility and negotiability to get in rough terrain, and get out quickly and reliably when necessary. The Galileo CupWheel tire will provide an improvement in each of these. Its large footprint will enable wheeled vehicles the versatility attainable in the past only by tracked vehicles. With low air pressure, the tire will be able to crawl on and off obstacles that would be virtually impossible with standard tires. The CupWheel Tire’s ability to fully operate at 0 psi will provide unparalleled escape capabilities at high speeds with complete control even if all 4 tires are blown out.

Construction

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Reduce downtime, increase efficiency – boost productivity

In construction, machines must continuously operate relentlessly for hours on end. Construction vehicles are built for versatility and reliability. Breakdowns must be reduced to a bare minimum as every hour that a machine stands still bares enormous costs. Construction tires are built to support these unique needs.

With its large footprint the GalileoCupwheel will enable vehicles to work on rougher grounds with reduced damage and increased negotiability. All these translate to reduced down time, increased efficiency, and better fuel consumption.

Agriculture

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The Galileo Tire offers a new angle on sustainable development by dramatically decreasing machine caused ground damage which can affect crop yield by as much as 60%. The tire’s oversized footprint will enable tractors to gain drawbar and pull with vastly improved floatation. This translates to more work, less damage, and less fuel cost from the same machine. In addition the tire’s ability to work at 0 psi will allow farmers to commute from field to field on the road without damage to the tires.

The features to benefits of the Galileo CupWheel tire for agriculture are summarized below:

Oversized footprint	Compared to standard radials, the Galileo tire is able to compress, virtually altering its geometry. This new geometry provides an estimated 3 fold increase in ground contact area
3 fold reduction of ground compaction	Unlike tracks and radial tires, the Galileo tire evenly distributes the machine’s weight on the ground. Combined with its larger footprint, this can imply as much as 3 fold reduction of ground compaction.
Air pressure zone between 30-Zero PSI	Provides unparalleled flexibility and versatility in today’s farm machines which can’t be inflated lower than 12 PSI.
Traction, pull and draw-bar comparable to conventional track	~ 20% reduced slip will yield ~ 20% reduced fuel costs
Better Rolling Circumference	The Galileo tire has at least 5% better rolling circumference resulting additional reduction in full consumption
Run flat	Proprietary Galileo tire geometry far reduces the potential damage standard tires are susceptible from day to day obstacles
Small tractor to do a big tractor job with far less ground damage	Low rolling resistance coupled with limited slippage translates to better drag and pull qualities. A tractor installed with the Galileo tires will be able to do large tractor work. And, the small tractor weight will translate to better yet reduced damage on the field, further increasing yield.
Enter field in rough conditions (comfort & floatation)	Unparalleled floatation will allow farmers to enter field in muddy and rainy conditions, performing time critical jobs while limiting ground damage
Consistent spraying, reduced sprayer damage	The tractor will have a far improved balance and could keep a straighter line vs. wheeled machines. This will enable consistent spraying and will reduce sprayer damage
Easily mounts on any tractor and any rim	Galileo tires can be installed on any tractor with practically no modification to the machine or rims
50km/hr on road with exceptional comfort & durability of wheel	Galileo Wheel travel on the road is comparable to a standard tire in terms of comfort, durability and dependability
The Galileo tire is manufactured on standard production line and COGS comparable with standard tire	Competitive price with all the benefits listed above. The production of the Galileo tires don’t require any changes to the production lines

Forestry

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Forestry vehicles are unlike any other vehicles. They must have the ability to get in the roughest terrain, maneuver in tight spaces, climb extremely steep slopes, maintain high reliability with limited or no breakdowns, and all this with minimal damage to the ground.

No tire other than the Galileo CupWheel could come close to optimizing all these needs. Our tire’s oversized footprint will provide negotiability previously attainable only by tracked vehicles. Integrated run flat capability means that vehicles caught in tight areas would always be able to travel back with no time lost. And finally, the Galileo CupWheel’s floatation will do all this at a bare minimum damage to the ground.