Keeping truck wheels where they belong should simply be a matter of process and procedure.
Goodyear and ConMet are teaming up to create combined tire and wheel-hub digital solutions to connect commercial truck fleets to the health of their tires and wheel ends.
ConMet is in final fleet validation of its new PreSet Plus SmartHub, a hub health monitoring system that will inform fleets anytime a wheel hub is operating outside of normal parameters.
ConMet says its new eHub can power electric or hybrid vehicles - starting out with an alternative, fuel-saving way to power trailer refrigeration systems.
Truck-Lite has integrated SKF’s Trax wheel-end monitor data into its Road Ready system using the company’s SmartBridge Integrator.
Headlining several new products introduced by Hendrickson at the North American Commercial Vehicle Show was the Haulmaax EX, which the manufacturer calls the next generation in heavy-duty rubber suspensions.
There are dozens of ways to set a wheel-end on fire. Most of them are completely avoidable.
We don't hear many reports of wheel separations anymore, but that doesn't mean we have solved the problem. Reliable estimates suggest unplanned separations still occur at a rate of probably several per day. Exact numbers are hard to determine because many incidents go unreported.
There’s no shortage of information on wheel integrity: posters, pamphlets, simple one-page instruction sheets and a bunch of YouTube videos, not to mention mandatory day-long wheel-installation courses. We’re inundated with education on how to make sure wheels stay attached to the truck.
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