Continental’s ContiConnect

6893 Continental, the premium global tyre manufacturer, has officially launched its new remote digital tyre monitoring platform for commercial fleets, ContiConnect. The efficient solution is initially being made available in Malaysia, Thailand, United States and Canada. More markets in Europe and Asia will follow later in 2018 and next year. The system helps fleets to maximise their efficiency and sends alerts if tyre pressure deviates from a defined value. By providing this information the fleet benefits from a reduced number of breakdowns, lower maintenance costs, and value generated by increasing the vehicle’s uptime. ContiConnect allows fleet managers to act proactively instead of fixing problems reactively, not only for single vehicles but for entire fleets.

ContiConnect consists of different components that can be combined in multiple ways. A tyre sensor, mounted on the inner liner of a tyre, connects the vehicle’s tyres to the outside world. A yard reader station is the connecting component between the tyre sensor and Continental’s backend. It reads the data off the sensors as the vehicle passes by the receiver in the yard and sends the data to the backend where it is analysed and interpreted.

A web browser-based portal is the interface where fleet managers can proactively monitor and track the tyre condition and performance of all vehicles within their fleet. Finally, the ContiConnect solution notifies fleet managers via e-mail or SMS and suggests corrective measures where necessary.