Krone revolutionised the load securing system 20 years ago with this innovation.
The Multi Safe system from Krone has been reliably securing loads on curtainsiders for 20 years: since it was introduced in 2002 as Multi Lock/ Multi Block, its design principle has established itself as the standard for load securing systems on European flatbed trucks. At that time, Krone was the first manufacturer to be awarded the Trailer Innovation Prize at the IAA Commercial Vehicles. Heinz Evers, the Krone engineer, was behind the innovation: he came up with the ingenious idea of using a perforated profile in the outer frame instead of welded-on strapping rings. This profile has around 130 strapping points on each side of a 13.6-metre curtainsider - the DIN for heavy vehicle classes requires twelve strapping points.
Krone has continuously developed the Multi Safe System as a modular system for all conceivable load securing tasks. The combination of the patented Multi-Lock outer frame and the robust Multi-Block loading beam allows more than 3,000 strapping variants. Further expansion stages of the system are the additional flexible front wall Multi Wall, Multi Fix for pipes, round steel or metal sheets, Multi Block Paper for paper rolls, the screwable pallet stop elements Multi Screw, Multi Rail as an additional, central lashing rail for building material trailers and the tensioning strap system Multi Strap, which can be moved over the entire length of the load. With heavy-duty lashing eyes, a punctual reinforcement of the Multi-Lock outer frame, even loads of up to 4 tonnes can be secured. The Multi Lash extension module also enables the universal use of all hook shapes on lashing straps.
Management Support
Astrid Janke has been a member of the Krone Commercial Vehicle Group’s management since April 2022. The experienced head of design and development is a newcomer to the company. Previously, the engineering graduate worked for Daimler and Airbus, among others, and most recently as Vice President Product and Technology Strategy at the intralogistics provider Kion Group. She attaches great importance to good cooperation within the company, wants to encourage and support people and accompany diverse teams in their growth.
New management in Tire
The long-standing CEO of the Krone plant in Turkey, Riza Akgün, left the Krone Commercial Vehicle Group at the end of July and handed over the management of the production site to Kartal Erköy, Managing Director Production, and Semih Pala, Managing Director Finance/Sales. Krone has been producing trailers for the Turkish market and for markets around Turkey at the Tire factory since the end of 2012.
AI combats trailer downtime
Krone’s “value chAIn” project investigates ways of optimising product and process quality, performance and availability with artificial intelligence (AI). The aim is to achieve error management across the value chain. Four specific use cases have been defined, including one in the production facility in Lübtheen, where Krone Cool Liners are manufactured. There it should be possible to predict product quality in production based on observable input variables such as plant parameters or environmental conditions. The research project, which is funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) as part of the “New Vehicle and System Technologies” programme, is scheduled to run for a total of three years.
Krone supports study on capacity bottlenecks
The consortium study “Meeting capacity bottlenecks in logistics: situation analysis - solutions - potentials - packages of measures - roadmaps”, which started in February 2022, aims to explore the driver shortage and its impact on transport companies and their customers. As a consortium partner, Krone is also actively involved in this ground-breaking project and contributes its know-how to the various aspects of the study. Findings are continuously published on logistik-digitalisierung.de.
