Continental Tire’s off-the-road radial tires are now equipped with a Bluetooth-enabled sensor that interacts with the new ContiConnect Lite app.
ContiConnect Lite creates a bridge between tire sensors and professional tire management and offers a free-of-charge gateway to selected ContiConnect features. The app is now available for tires with the integrated Gen2 sensor.
“Digital tire management contributes to greater safety, efficiency and sustainability, especially in the areas of earthmoving, agriculture and at ports,” said Martijn Oosterbaan, Head of Product Management at Continental Specialty Tires.
The Bluetooth-enabled sensor allows tire data to be read directly via smartphone.
“This makes access to digital tire management particularly easy,” Oosterbaan said.
In addition to OTR tires, Continental also offers digital tire management to its truck tire customers.
“Our offering is suited to smaller fleet customers, such as those at recycling centres, asphalt mixing plants and container handling facilities,” Oosterbaan said.
ContiConnect Lite requires no additional hardware other than the Gen2 tire sensor and a mobile device.
“Drivers or fleet managers simply self-register themselves via smartphone,” Oosterbaan said.
They can then modify the vehicle and connect their vehicles via Bluetooth with the sensor inside the tire and access a limited version of the ContiConnect App. In total, three users can be registered free of charge.
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If there is a change in tire pressure or temperature, drivers are immediately informed via push notification.
With its factory-installed Gen2-sensors in specialty tires, Continental Tire aims to drive forward the digitalization of fleets.
For example, its EM-Master and LD-master product lines are available for construction machines and loaders, its ContainerMaster Radial product line for large forklifts and reach stackers in port terminal operations and its VF TractorMaster Hybrid for tractors.
Digital tire management helps to achieve maximum service life, which reduces the total cost of ownership and promotes sustainable use of materials.
