Michelin and Komatsu America Corp announced a program to offer the MICHELIN MEMS4 tire monitoring solution as an option on select electric-drive trucks built at the Komatsu facility in Peoria, Ill., U.S.A. Komatsu’s 930E-5 will be the first model with it as an option.
Komatsu will factory-install the MEMS4 transceiver, antennas and related harnesses. MEMS4 will be integrated with the electronic display panel. Michelin will coordinate installation of the sensors in the tires at the customer’s site.
Originally launched in 2006, the MEMS system can be found in thousands of rigid haulers around the world. Michelin reported the system provides increased safety and tire life; reduced unscheduled downtime, tire budgets and maintenance costs; reduced fuel consumption; improved truck availability; and savings on labor.
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