Goodyear and ConMet collaborate on analytics for tyres and wheel ends
By Jim Gibbins - 26th March 2021
USA – Tyre giant, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company of Akron, Ohio and wheel-end specialist, Consolidated Metco Inc (Con Met) of Vancouver, Washington, USA (part of Amsted Industries), have announced a strategic collaboration to create combined digital solutions to provide operators better understanding of the health of their commercial fleet tyres and wheel ends.
ConMet’s PreSet Plus SmartHub is the first connected health monitoring system integrated into a hub assembly. SmartHub sensors tap into hub, tire, and brake performance data, alerting fleets of any performance anomalies. The data is also analysed and compared with ConMet’s test engineering expertise to create additional and insightful information that allows fleet managers to make more informed wheel end maintenance decisions. Taking early action with SmartHub alerts and health insights can improve safety, drive down asset TCO, and improve overall fleet efficiency and uptime.
