The truck consumes oil, water, diesel or battery power - it is the trailer that carries the goods and can optimise the vehicle’s efficiency. Krone offers the digitalisation of transport management in three stages, with open interfaces for seamless integration. This allows the trailer to be fully utilised in the digital transport chain.
Level 1
Determining the position of the trailer - the basic function on the way to the digital trailer
By installing a Krone Telematics Box, transport companies lay the foundation for the networking of their fleet and the digitalisation of their trailers. The basis is vehicle tracking, all other functions can be easily added at any time if required. They increase the efficiency of transport and offer solutions to meet the challenges of the industry: Automation and digitalisation spare skilled workers, and transport becomes more sustainable. Becoming CO2-neutral as a transport company is a big task - Krone is the partner on the way.
POSITION The intersection of longitude and latitude is the basis for almost all telematics services. The integrated mobile phone card of the KSC box ensures that the location is transmitted to the desired systems. Vehicle and cargo can thus be permanently located.
Level 2
Sensors on the trailer make the vehicle intelligent
Sensors on the EBS braking system, on the doors or on the refrigeration unit open up a wide range of possibilities to make transport safer, more efficient, more economical and more climate-friendly. Smart Tyre Monitoring can be used to monitor tyre pressure and temperature, for example. If the pressure is too low or the temperature too high, the driver or dispatcher is alerted. Smart Pairing stands for the digital recognition of the tractor unit with the help of Bluetooth technology and its linking with the towed trailer: This is also visually displayed in the Krone Telematics Portal. In refrigerated vehicles, the temperature is continuously monitored and deviations are reported. Door Protect secures the rear doors as well as the side walls and roof of the trailer against unauthorised access.
TPMS Krone’s TPMS tyre pressure monitoring system permanently measures and checks the pressure and temperature in all the trailer’s tyres and visualises the values in the tractor unit as well as in the Telematics Portal and the Krone Telematics App.
INFORMATION ON THE REFRIGERATION UNIT Refrigerated cargo is particularly sensitive and valuable. The services of Krone Telematics help to handle the goods correctly. The Krone KSC box transmits temperature values (adjustable), aggregate condition and tank content.
EBS The Krone Telematics Box KSC obtains data from the modulator of the vehicle’s electronic braking system, among other things. Brake data, mileage, speed and loading status are thus always in the focus of the person in charge.
DOOR INFORMATION Sensors on the doors report any access to the box body. In the Door Lock extension, Krone services also enable remote unlocking of the load compartment from the Krone Telematics Portal and App.
Level 3
How are the goods and how is the cargo space? Krone solutions can answer these questions.
With Smart Capacity Management, Krone has developed a digital camera system that uses an algorithm to detect free loading space and displays it visually in the Telematics Portal. The data flows into transport management systems (TMS), which allow to fill the trailer automatically. In this way, transports can be utilised to a greater extent, and free loading space can even be offered for use via freight exchanges - generating additional revenue. Thanks to open interfaces the entire system is compatible with every application desired, so it can be used in multi-brand fleets without any problems - the trailer is integrated seamlessly. All data generated with the trailer is also available for additional applications, such as transport or fleet management systems and ERP accounting programmes.
EBS see Level 2
REAL-TIME IMAGES With Krone’s Smart Capacity Management, the trailer’s loading space is permanently monitored. Every change triggers a photo. The load, load securing, vehicle interior and loading and unloading points can thus be visually checked in real time.
