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PressurePro ups the tyre pressure monitoring ante with new app

Advantage PressurePro has released its Fleet TPMS app for real-time tyre performance monitoring of fleets.

The new app, which builds on a previously released and feature-rich consumer app, leverages PressurePro’s FX technology. Additionally, the launch of Fleet TPMS also enables a critical link for fleets to PressurePro’s Connect tyre management platform, “unleashing unmatched visibility and control of your tyre management practices”, the company said.

Featuring 24/7 tyre monitoring, five unique pressure/temperature alerts and local notifications for maximised coverage and safety, Fleet TPMS also has fully configurable layouts and vehicle naming and storage, enabling complete customisation and easy toggling between multiple trailers/units, according to Advantage PressurePro. Further, a rolling performance history log enables users to gain immediate access to recent tyre performance data.

Edward Lutsko, PressurePro’s Director of Technology, said: “While a powerful monitoring tool on its own, Fleet TPMS becomes even stronger when used as a link to provide data flow through our comprehensive software platform Connect. When combined, customers unlock advanced monitoring tools to gain detailed and actionable tyre performance insights across their entire fleet, giving them unmatched control of their tyre management practices.”

When paired with PressurePro Connect, users also unlock email alerting capabilities, exportable tyre performance history, automated tyre performance trend analysis, and an easy to use dashboard that features prioritised data and actionable items, the company said.

Jason Zaroor, PressurePro’s President and CEO, said: “As we have for the last 28 years, PressurePro continues to push the innovation of our market to provide maximised safety and savings for every road our customers travel.

“With the release of Fleet TPMS, and especially when paired with our Connect platform, we’re now able to provide a cost effective solution that provides complete visibility of ever tyre in your fleet; in-cab to drivers, in the field to managers or to your office for controllers.”

Komatsu 930E-5 haul trucks to have Michelin MEMS factory installed option

Michelin and Komatsu America Corp have announced a joint program to offer the MICHELIN® MEMS® 4 (Michelin Earthmover Management System) as a factory-installed option on select electric-drive trucks manufactured at the Komatsu facility in Peoria, Illinois.

The most widely used tyre-monitoring system in the world, according to Michelin, the MEMS system can be found in thousands of rigid dump trucks around the world.

Komatsu’s 930E-5 mining truck will be the first available model with MEMS4 as an option, with other models to follow, Michelin said. Komatsu will factory-install the MEMS4 transceiver, antennas and related harnesses, with MEMS4 integrated with the current existing electronic display panel. Michelin will coordinate installation of the sensors in the tyres at the customer’s site.

“In an effort to better serve our common customers, Michelin and Komatsu have signed the first OEM fitment agreement for MEMS4,” said Bruce Brackett, Senior Vice President, Michelin Global Mining business line. “The benefit for the mining customer is the integration of the tyre pressure monitoring system (TPMS) and the truck at the factory. With MEMS4, the customer receives a complete monitoring platform for tyres, site conditions and productivity gains as soon as the new equipment arrives at the site.”

Originally launched in 2006, the current MEMS4 version provides:

  • Increased safety and tyre life;
  • Reduced unscheduled downtime, tyre budgets and maintenance costs;
  • Reduced fuel consumption and improve truck availability; and
  • Savings on on-site pressure check labour.

Dan Funcannon, Vice President and General Manager, Komatsu Large Mining Truck Division, said: “As a leader in innovative technology, Komatsu and our partners develop the best technological solutions that enable our customers to improve safety, performance and reduce the cost per tonne.

“Integrating MEMS4 at the factory level ensures that the product is subjected to our rigorous quality process and provides a seamless experience for the customer.”

This factory-installed system captures real-time tyre temperatures, pressures and mapping for proactive fleet management, according to Michelin. Using GPS and accelerometers, a sensor installed in the tyre sends critical tyre-related data to alert operators online, via email or by SMS to laptops, tablets or smartphones. Each truck is geo-localised on a map in real time.

A data-capture tool and mobile-device connection transfers information via Ethernet or 3G to cloud storage, with data reported to dispatchers to provide tyre performance and anomalies.

Michelin said: “With MEMS4, downtime can be anticipated and avoided through detection of critical events. An inflation monitor compensates tyre-pressure limits for ambient temperature; therefore, when tyre temperatures change, operators can know immediately if there is an alert and change routes. Maintenance operations can be anticipated, and useless stops can be avoided.

Michelin will continue to offer MEMS4 as an aftermarket offering for trucks already in operation, it said.