How it works?
The unique patented Flex-Trax, Advanced Traction System is composed of tread faced mud/snow elements, that can be quickly and easily secured to a vehicles drive tires. The product combines proven techniques of mechanical engineering, physics, material handling, and hydraulics to achieve a modular design that gives superior performance compared to mud/snow tires and tire chains.

Previous tire tread designs for adverse conditions have included beefy lug members (knobbies) or protuberances extending outwardly to bite into the mud and mud. In operation, the grooves that form these extensions become filled with fluid solids to the height of the extensions, rendering the footprint profile innefective for traction.

Flex-Trax solves this problem by using the opposite approach. Pascal chambers are utilized, instead of bulky lug member extensions. Pascal, an eighteenth century physicist, was the first to use hydraulic pressure to achieve a mechanical advantage.

Pascal's law states "pressurized fluid solids within an enclosed chamber are equally dispersed in all directions". This causes a mechanical gripping advantage. The enclosed chambers with load applied, allow fluid solids to be deposited, pressurized and then released outside the load zone, with centrifugal force of rotation applied.

The diamond shaped mini-chambers have cavity walls consisting of inverted tapered step ledges to form its pattern. These mini-chambers combine to form larger chambers that likewise taper inward, once installed upon the tire. The uniform placement of these profiles enhances the gripping forces and quick release of fluid solids. The diamond shapes create dual opposing chevron angles that support the opposing loads in all directions. This allows for maximum gripping in both forward and reverse directions.

Miniature, self-cleaning, Pascal chambers, along with the inverted step walls, provide tremendous gripping forces as fluid solids are deposited within the chambers and pressure from the load is applied. Inverted step walls allow for easy release of fluid solids from the chambers as the pressure from the load is diminished and centrifugal force of rotation is incorporated.

Self-tensioning is achieved by way of the self-adjusting deflective angles. These angles conform to the angle required to resist opposing forces. This feature is a key element in reducing the initial tensioning required during installation. The spring tension and rebound memory of the rubber, in conjunction with the opposing deflective angles, enables traction modules to spring to the center of the tire, providing for self-tracking of the installed units in operation.

The engineered dynamics of our advanced traction system, unlike tire chains, coincides with the motion of the tire, taking full advantage of the applied forces during installation and operation.