The right tyre pressure plays a vital role when it comes to increasing economic efficiency and safety.
The Tyre Pressre Monitoring System – TPMS – automatic monitoring function makes it easier to maintain the correct tyre pressure. This significantly improves both driving behaviour and driving safety.
The right tyre pressure also plays a decisive role in extending tyre service life, reducing fuel consumption and carbon emissions, and increasing economic efficiency. After all, vehicles stuck with a flat tyre cost time and money.
Schmitz Cargobull has been successively installing the TrailerConnect® telematics system in all trailers as a standard feature ex works since 2018. Since the beginning of 2024, all trailers have been equipped with tyre pressure monitoring sensors as standard and comply with UN ECE R 141 regulation, which has been in force since July 2024. This regulation makes a TPMS mandatory for all newly registered trailers.
Schmitz Cargobull’s TPMS monitors the tyre pressure in real time and warns of sudden or gradual loss of pressure or of overpressure.
With the help of the auto-location function, Schmitz Cargobull TPMS sensors can be automatically detected and assigned to the corresponding wheel position. The time-consuming and error-prone training and assignment process is no longer necessary. This saves time and money for both customers and workshops.
In addition, auto-location offers maximum security and transparency immediately after a spontaneous tyre change or workshop visit.
The beSmart app enables drivers to view and monitor the status of the tyre pressures and temperature on their trailer at any time. Alarm messages in the event of deviations enable the driver to react at an early stage, thus minimising downtime.
In addition, the tyre pressure information is also transmitted to the tractor unit via the CAN bus interface. Depending on the trailer type, the corresponding information is also shown on the tractor unit’s display. This enables constant monitoring and rapid intervention by the driver.
In the future, Schmitz Cargobull customers will have the option of choosing retreaded tyres as a replacement, as part of a Full Service Retread Tyres service contract.
To date, Schmitz Cargobull vehicles have been fitted almost exclusively with new tyres as replacements. Depending on their quality and condition, tyres in the truck sector can be retreaded up to two times, achieving a useful life of up to 660,000 kilometres.
The retreading is carried out in compliance with strict quality regulations and is certified in accordance with ECE regulation 109. The treads are tailored to the specific vehicle types and use, with the aim of continuing to optimise rolling resistance, fuel consumption and mileage even after retreading.
The Full Service Retread Tyres contract won the European Transport Award for Sustainability 2024 from HUSS-Verlag, in the Rental, Leasing, Financing, Service Contracts category.
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The TrailerConnect® portal can be used to monitor the status of the trailer and tyres easily and conveniently in real time, while e-mail or app notifications can be issued in the event of deviations.
