OTR Tyres Orders ‘Pneu’ Data Capture System

OTR Tyres a leading international earthmover tyre specialist has integrated an RFID-based data capture system into their tyre management system – TotalTyreLogic. According to the company, this is the world’s first commercially available, fully electronic, inspection and tyre management system.

The data capture system has been developed in partnership with Derbyshire based Pneu-Logic and is reportedly the first part of a multi-phase technology programme planned between OTR and Pneu-Logic. It involves using a handheld device to electronically capture and transmit tyre pressure and tread depth and wirelessly input it into OTR’s TyreLogic tyre management system.

Subsequent phases will include a unique RFID tyre identification service which will be fully integrated into the handheld devices and will allow complete ‘cradle-to-grave’ tyre tracking.

Graeme Manning, commercial director for OTR Tyres commented: “With this new technology, our customers will have complete visibility of the management of their tyres on a real time basis. In the current economic climate, it is vital to constantly monitor and optimise tyre usage to maximise uptime and profitability. We believe that by combining Pneu-Logic’s technology and OTR’s knowledge and experience of earthmover tyres we will be able to deliver an exciting range of leading edge products and services to our customers.”

The new OTR probe features automated and motorised tread depth measurement up to 130 mm and pressure measurement up to 190 PSI. The rugged design includes a large area foot, to span the wide tread of large off-the-road tyres and will communicate via a Bluetooth Serial connection to electronically send its measurements to PDA, PC or Smartphone.”