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Effortless monitoring
Tires are important elements of the vehicle construction, with a high purchase and maintenance cost. Like every item subject to wear out, tires have operating limit and service life. According to experience, lots of them are sent to disposal before they reach a full service life.
You can reduce your tire costs if you keep an eye on the pressure and temperature. So the extension of the tire service life is in your hands.
According to the Booklet for US drivers, a 20% decrease in pressure reduces the tire service life by 25%, and a 30% decrease reduces it by more than half (55%)! Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company found that reduced pressure increases fuel consumption by 2.5% for a 15% decrease and by 5% for a 30% decrease.
The correct tire pressure directly affects the stability of the vehicle on the road, its movement and driving comfort and helps to save the fuel significantly. On the other hand, improper tire pressure reduces traction and causes premature wear of the tire. Moreover, the vehicle becomes hardly controlled, which can lead to an accident and even cause a tire explosion.
It is necessary to take into account that when the vehicle moves, the tire pressure constantly changes due to the air temperature or road conditions. Obviously, it is impossible to stop and check the pressure with the tire pressure gauge constantly. However, you can forget about troubles using the PressurePro Pulse tire pressure and temperature monitoring system, produced by the American company Advantage PressurePro. It is supplied by Hyperel FZCO, the company in UAE that introduces tire maintenance technologies in areas such as mining and extraction of non-metallic materials.
Attention to tire maintenance!
The tire pressure monitoring system is a set of sealed one-piece, vibration-resistant and shock-resistant sensors with an internal battery, which constantly measure the pressure and temperature of the tire. They are screwed onto the valve of the wheel. The sensors convert the mechanical impact of the air into a radio signal and transmit it to the monitor in the driver's cab every 7 seconds. If the pressure and temperature indicators deviate from the preset parameters, the driver is alerted by a signal on the monitor.
The advantage of the system is that the condition of all tires is monitored simultaneously.
You can easily replace a failed sensor without affecting the others. In addition, the data from the vehicle can be displayed to the dispatcher. It is particularly important for companies with large fleets where remote monitoring of vehicles is essential.
The quick monitoring of tire pressure and temperature dynamics makes it possible to check the condition of brake pads and wheel bearings, so the driver no longer has to worry about losing a wheel on the highway. The system is quick and easy to mount and adjust to the specific operating conditions of the vehicle.
Hyperel goes beyond just mounting sensors, however.
Years of positive experience in solving problems related to reducing tire wear has helped us to develop our own set of solutions to select, operate, maintain, and dispose truck and OTR tires. As a result, you extend the tire service life, lower repair costs and save 10-50% of your tire budget.
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"Our work begins with the creation of a working group, which includes the enterprise employees responsible for tire service, safety, inventory and monitoring. Then we conduct a technical audit to find out blind spots and identify budget losses. We analyze which innovative solutions may be adapted in a particular enterprise, taking into account global experience, e.g. of Australia or the USA, where tire maintenance skills are very high,"
— WHEEL HUB Team
Unfortunately, we usually detect few blind spots. There is no secret that in vehicle fleets more attention is paid to fuel costs and wages, whereas tire maintenance is funded residually. As a result, you find out that there is no tire fitting machine in the enterprise or wheels are disassembled and assembled outside. During mounting workers do not clean the disc from dirt and moisture inside which also affect the tire service life. They use waste oil or solidol to lubricate the wheel disc rather than special lubricants. Therefore, we try not only to educate drivers on how to use the PressurePro system, but also to build an overall effective tire handling system. In addition our company has developed a targeted training for engineers to handle OTR tires properly.
The system approach in action
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"The main advantage of the system is the ability to handle simultaneously a large number of vehicles in real time. The data is collected in an automated dispatching system for the entire work of technological transport. This allows you to quickly make a set of optimal decisions on the selection, operation and retreading of tires, collect reliable statistics on the operation of each tire, and determine the battery level of the sensor.
For example, the module can track all stages of the so-called life cycle of tires: delivery to the warehouse, data entry, mounting, dismounting, disposal, current pressure and the date of the last exceeded thresholds."
— WHEEL HUB team
Based on the received information, it is possible to inform the personnel automatically and promptly about the full or partial tire wear. It allows you to make a quick decision on tire replacement (or schedule its maintenance) and exclude tire failure during the vehicle operation. Or, if necessary, to reroute dump trucks with a high tire wear factor to better routs in order to increase the service life.
Furthermore, the smart system has an inbuilt cost per km, hour and tonne calculator and TKPH for each tire independently. So it can help to find the best tire type and suppliers.
You can also use the software to set the current date, time and operating thresholds, so you can then download data on the wheel operating history. This is very important for a proper analysis of tire service life and potential claims processing with tire manufacturers.
According to our estimates, maintaining the correct pressure in tires can save 3-6% of the average fuel consumption, increase the number of recoverable tires and improve the service life of each tire up to 30%.