The continuous monitoring of tyre pressures on commercial vehicles is a major step forward for operators of trucks and buses. But HCF Dynamics Ltd are taking the TyreShield technology one step further.

Fleet operators will be able to purchase a complete tyre management system to augment the tyre pressure monitoring on their vehicles.

As each vehicle returns to the depot, it triggers a computer in the gate house to interrogate the cab computer unit, asks it to identify itself and finds out the condition of each tyre. A printout then gives the depot a record of vehicle movements, and a list of which tyres on which trucks need attention. In this way, the need to rely on driver trip reports is reduced.

The system can also be programmed to interrogate vehicles when they leave a depot, as a double check that any defective tyres have been corrected.

HCF Dynamics Ltd will provide all the necessary equipment for the system, including a disc of the computer software needed by the gate house computer.

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