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PRODUCTS
B&J Rocket Develops New Products through Customer Dialogue
Pirelli Launches Supertruck
B&J continuously develops products in close dialogue with their customers worldwide. In this process the Customer Forum "ProTeam" plays an important role. By sharing experiences, the leading buffing systems supplier learns what is needed in practice. Accordingly, the company now offers an advanced 225mm or 9"copper Unit Wheel with the name UW-Air. This Carbide wheel provides significantly better cooling and collects far less rubber dust in the work process than the conventional model.
In addition, the proven AIRBOT
buffing tools are now also available with a round arbor hole next to the well-known version with hexagonal arbor hole. "That was an explicit customer request, which we are happy to comply with," says Andreas Müller, President of B&J Rocket.
B&J also considers environmental aspects and the health factor, e.g. when using the heavy metal nickel, which until recently seemed necessary, especially for the Steel Shot Grit and Super Patriot tools. Since 2015, the company has changed the production of its line- up and supplies customers with nickel-free products. The performance properties of the tools, their efficiency and service life are unchanged compared with their predecessors. Müller points out: "Today you will find no nickel in our products and production facilities."
Pirelli has begun to develop its own truck service infrastructure in Europe with the launch of its Supertruck Network; a network of independent retailers who have decided to specialise in offering products and services for road transport professionals. A Supertruck dealer will have available the entire Pirelli Series 01line, and the hot cure retreaded Novatread, plus a full range of services for fleets, which are increasingly important to reducing operating costs and support to transport operators.
The aim is to develop the network in the Italian market during 2016 and then grow in the rest of Europe bringing the visibility and coherence of the Pirelli brand across national borders. The Supertruck network is currently made up of about thirty dealers and provides ongoing training by Pirelli. The tyre giant organises regular in-depth meetings on technical issues of product and service but also management aspects of professional skills for the entire network.
Among the services available at the Pirelli dealer Supertruck is CQ24 International a roadside assistance across Europe, including Turkey, designed to put the vehicle back on the road in the event of a tyre
breakdown as soon as possible. Supertruck also enables the collection and organisation of information detected by Cyberfleet for the benefit of a more scheduled management of tyres that can reduce the total cost of operating the fleet. The Cyberfleet technology provides a sensor mounted inside the tyre to measure and record data related to pressure and tyre temperature matched to the vehicle's performance.
All information about the vehicle, on the installation and on the conditions of tyres in real time are important data for the monitoring of casing life and to plan maintenance. A simulator is available on www.pirelli.com website to measure the energy efficiency of tyres and the impact these have on vehicle running costs.
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