Tyre pressure monitoring – why is it important?

Tyres are directly responsible for 5% of total vehicle operating costs but have an influence over a huge 40% of overall costs because of the effect tyre rolling resistance has on fuel use and subsequent maintenance costs.

Underinflation of tyres significantly affects rolling resistance, increasing fuel consumption and carbon emissions, intensifying tyre wear and even reducing a tyre’s service life. Using tyre pressure monitoring systems (TPMS), such as ContiConnect Solutions, minimises these issues ensuring that each tyre is operating at the correct pressure and temperature.

ContiConnect Solutions technology has been successfully integrated within many of our fleet customers’ operations for many years, from traditional road trunking operations to arduous tipper applications, and has proven itself to be one of the most robust and reliable TPMS systems on the market.

HOW CAN OPERATORS CHOOSE THE BEST SOLUTION FOR THEIR FLEET?

Each ContiConnect digital solution starts with ContiConnect tyre pressure sensors, which are mounted on to the tyre’s inner liner. These sensors transmit real-time tyre pressure and temperature data; and depending on the system chosen, this data can be sent directly to a display in the driver’s cab, and can be captured as vehicles return to base by the yard solution.

If a fleet needs remote tyre pressure monitoring, the sensors also connect to ContiConnect Live – a central web portal accessed by fleet managers and able to monitor tyre pressure of multiple vehicles, regardless of their location.

ContiConnect Yard measures tyre pressure on multiple vehicles which regularly enter a yard, reporting the status of each tyre to the web portal, and Continental’s hand-held tool, allows drivers or fleet managers to manually upload information and share to the ContiConnect™ web portal.

WHAT ABOUT TRAILER TYRES?

Continental is the first to offer a standalone TPMS system for trailers. The newly launched system is the first of its kind available in the UK and is designed to work both as a standalone trailer tyre monitoring package, or fully integrated into an existing truck TPMS system, as proven during a joint initiative with Mercedes-Benz Trucks UK which resulted in the system now being embedded into the Truck App portal on the new Actros.

The technology shows the tyre pressures of the trailer tyres in real time on a display mounted on the bulkhead. The driver is also warned of any issues while driving via an LED warning light system which is visible via the driver mirrors.

WHAT IS THE FUTURE FOR TYRE EFFICIENCY?

Continental continues to innovate to provide customers with the tyre pressure monitoring they need to really drive efficiency. Today’s tyres include pressure and temperature sensors, but the tyres of tomorrow will be even more ‘intelligent’, with technology to monitor tread depth and tyre age data, for example.

But even a tyre with the latest in cutting-edge technology will not perform to its full potential if inflation pressure is not maintained correctly. Accurate measurement and maintenance of tyre pressure, via intelligent systems such as ContiConnect™ Solutions will always hold the key to efficient, sustainable and safe fleet operations.

For more information about ContiConnect Solutions, please contact: +44 (0)1895 425900 or email: Marketing.Uk@conti.de

*www.continental-tyres.co.uk/truck

Published On: 24/06/2021 16:00:52

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