3D Printing A Usable Airless Tire
For decades, companies have been developing airless tires that use a polymer mesh to maintain pressure on the travel surface. A maker, Berm Peak, experimented with 3D printing airless tires for his mountain bike to avoid punctures and flats. The project resulted in a surprisingly capable tire that mostly held up to extreme off-road testing, although the problem of punctures has already been solved with sealant-filled tires.
- ▪Berm Peak used a 3D printer to create an airless tire for his mountain bike.
- ▪The tire was made with a TPU-based material and featured a compliant S-shaped spacing between the tread and wheel.
- ▪The airless tire was able to withstand extreme off-road testing, but may not be necessary due to the existence of sealant-filled tires.
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3D Printing A Usable Airless Tire No comments by: Bryan Cockfield August 5, 2026 Title: Copy Short Link: Copy For decades now, companies like Michelin have been teasing us with futuristic-looking automobile tires that don’t use air. Instead, they use a polymer mesh of sorts which maintains the same pressure on the travel surface that a pneumatic tire does, with much less maintenance than their pneumatic counterparts. At least, in theory. There’s a reason that these tires live in the same mythical realm that Half Life 3 and the modern affordable Volkswagen do, and [Berm Peak] decided to discover those reasons for himself. Of course, [Berm Peak] isn’t building these for his daily driver, an electric pickup truck featured in previous videos of his.
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