Pirelli has launched a new product in Cyber Fleet, a tyre designed for road haulage that through an electronic sensor provides a truck driver and fleet manager with up-to-the-minute data regarding the tyre’s condition. Cyber Fleet sees Pirelli extend to the haulage sector. The new system ( intelligent tyres) is designed to provide continuous tyre monitoring, detecting irregularities and ensuring proper maintenance.
Maintaining the quality of your tyres is essential to road safety, ensuring steering precision and responsive braking and cornering whilst also cutting costs like fuel consumption and the cost of replacement of tyres.
How Cyber Fleet works: Pirelli Research & Development has developed – in partnership with Schrader Electronics, the world leader in onboard tyre pressure monitoring technology – an electronic sensor capable of ascertaining the condition of the tyre whilst on the move. The sensor, called TMS (Tyre Mounted Sensor), is fitted to the internal surface of the tyre in order to collect all data regarding the tyre pressure, temperature and identification. The system transmits the data gathered by the sensor simultaneously to the truck driver and fleet manager. The fleet is, therefore, able to carry out diagnostic and repair procedures, thus guaranteeing maximum safety for each heavy vehicle.
The process of interpreting the data is not left solely in the hands of the truck driver, but also the fleet manager who handles the safety of the entire fleet from a remote position. Cyber Fleet will enable the manager to check that the tyres are kept at optimum pressure, such condition being essential for optimising fuel consumption and extending tyre lifespan to the maximum, whilst being aware of the mileage of each tyre, he can also schedule tread wear inspections with tangible benefits as far as safety is concerned.
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