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trends dominate the show
This year’s IAA Commercial Vehicle show closed its doors after eight days in the German city of Hannover.
T
he 67th IAA Commercial Vehicles, under the slogan
‘Driving tomorrow’, showed off an entire sector that is
anticipating change. On all exhibition days the focus was on
the megatrends of electric mobility, digitalisation and urban
logistics.
A total of 2,174 exhibitors from 48 countries outstripped the
already high figure from 2016. There was also a new record of
282,000 sqm of exhibition space. And at 435, the world premieres
also exceed the previous figure from two years ago. The central
messages of this IAA: electric mobility is now appearing on the
roads, and models are going into series production! This applies
above all to e-vans, and increasingly to urban buses. And the
medium-duty distribution trucks are also being electrified.
Many stands had e-cargo-bikes on display for the first time, which
provide a smart, environmentally friendly and affordable solution to
the question of the ‘last mile’. The trend of digitalisation could also
be experienced at the IAA, from producers of trucks and buses, to
the trailer industry, all the way to the large, medium-sized and
smaller suppliers and telematics providers.
Kässbohrer exhibited two of its digital options, both nominated for the Trailer Innovation 2019 Award
(DTC) as well as other services like telematics.
During IAA, the firm exhibited two of these digital options, both
nominated for the Trailer Innovation 2019 Award.
In the Concept category, the Kässbohrer Smart Non –Tipping Silo
K.SSL with autonomous discharge allows the full automatisation of
the discharge process to enable a safer and more efficient
operation. It eliminates classical discharge methods through a
patent-pending digital control system compliant with ISO 26262
functional safety standardisations including software and the
hardware.
In the Safety category, the Kässbohrer Safety Tipping Silo K.SSK is
an upgraded version of the Trailer Innovation 2017 winner, the
Kässbohrer Bitumen Tanker, developed jointly with DTC and Hoyer
Bitumen-Logistik GmbH. K.SSK’s main feature is automating the
discharge process with safety parameter controls, improving the
safety of the discharge operation of the silo in general.
Smart silo
In the digitalisation arena, Feldbinder Group used IAA to display its
‘FFB Smart Silo Control Hub’, which the tanker builder says opens
the doors for the digitalisation of silo technology and sets a
milestone in its consistent implementation of the company
philosophy of ‘lightest commercial vehicles with the greatest
possible volume and long service life’.
In co-operation with bulk logistics firm RAISA, a seven-chamber
feed silo trailer was equipped with a touch screen for controlling air
distribution and material line components. With the help of a CAN-
BUS system, this innovation combines the previously mechanical,
pneumatic and electro-mechanical operating elements for air
distribution and material management in a single operation.
In the future, says Feldbinder, it will be possible for the driver to
control and monitor the central operation of the vehicle at a glance
via a touchscreen at the rear of the vehicle or in the rear cabinet. On
the screen, the unloading process is shown in a clear graphical
representation. A simple and intuitive menu navigation allows the
butterfly valves, air supply, material accelerator and loosening to
work together.
For fixed unloading points, standardised unloading under the same
vehicle settings will be made possible. The user can even save the
ideal settings for the respective unloading location and unload it
again with that same setting the next time.
The processing of datasets to unloading points, load, levels,
pressure development, behaviour of the butterfly valves, material
flow and much more opens up the possibility for the customer to
identify optimal operations during unloading and to define an
operating profile per each loading and unloading point and store
them in the software. Geo- and operating data logging provides the
basis for the construction of customer-specific databases.
In this way the knowledge of the most experienced operators can
be stored and converted into operating profiles. As a result, new
employees can be trained in less time to perform the unloading
process, selecting whichever optimised operating profile is needed.
Security-relevant queries can be made to the operator via the
control panel. Acknowledgment functions help to ensure the
processing of ‘checklists’. It can thus be ensured that important test
items, such as, for example, the present stability of the vehicle
during unloading, are ensured.
Feldbinder used IAA to demonstrate its innovations in digitalisation
A total of 2,174 exhibitors from 48 countries were present at IAA
L-r handing over the key to Iveco’s LNG truck to Hoyer: Stefan Küfner (direktor logistics Total
Deutschland GmbH), Volker Schmitz (managing director Hoyer Mineralöl-Logistik GmbH), Sönke
Weichenthal (business director Iveco Magirus)
Feldbinder says the use of the Smart Silo Control Hub results in a
significant weight saving and thus a more optimal payload, since the
need for elaborately designed mechanical remote controls for shut-
off devices is eliminated. Maintenance to avoid wear of the
mechanism is also reduced.
In addition to the manual operation of the touchscreen, app-based
control via a smartphone allows the user to unload without having
to travel around the vehicle for long. The usual radio remote
controls with the disadvantages of the short range and limited
functionality are now a thing of the past, says Feldbiner.
The customer also benefits from the control hub in the service
area, because fault diagnosis can be carried out faster and more
accurately. This allows for downtime due to the rapid replacement
of defective components and other troubleshooting.
Kässbohrer growth
Celebrating its 125th Anniversary, trailer builder Kässbohrer held a
press conference at the event.
In 2018, Kässbohrer has continued to grow and increase its market
reach. According to half year traffic registration statistics, Kässbohrer
is the fastest growing European semi-trailer manufacturer.
Compared with the same period in 2017 the firm doubled its traffic
registration numbers while the key markets grew only by 13 percent
in total.
In the first half of 2018, Kässbohrer doubled its sales in Germany,
and currently is in third position in the tank and silo industries. To
accommodate further growth, the company has opened two new
facilities in Verona, Italy and Lyon, France – strategically chosen
locations, at the heart of intermodal transportation networks.
In the past five years, Kässbohrer invested €54.5 million into
infrastructure and human capital to innovate and manufacture
products and services to lower the total cost of ownership for
Kässbohrer customers. As the only European trailer manufacturer
that operates both the KTL and metallization facility on a single site,
the latest example of Kässbohrer’s automation and modernisation
investment is a new low-bed factory, commissioned in the first
quarter of 2018. As a result, all manufacturing processes are now
completed in a single production hall designed on Industry 4.0
principles.
Also this year, Kässbohrer introduced a new service business,
Kässbohrer Digital Options, which encompasses all digital
enhancements integrated into its products like Digital Trailer Control
Hoyer goes LNG
Among other highlights of the event, truck maker Iveco handed
over an LNG-fuelled truck to Hoyer.
Hoyer Group is exploring the potential environmental benefits of
introducing vehicles with engines that use the alternative fuel LNG
into its road operations in the near future.
Iveco handed over a Stralis 440S40 NP type truck to the Hamburg-
based logistics company, which, in a joint project between Total
Deutschland and Hoyer’s Petrolog division, will be tested to make
deliveries to Total’s service stations in the Hamburg and Bremen
region. The vehicle also has ADR dangerous goods certification.
Compared with diesel engines, the Stralis 440S40 NP truck emits
15 percent less CO2 and 60 percent less nitrogen oxide. Moreover,
an LNG truck consumes 15 percent less fuel per kilometre driven
and operates at a lower noise level than conventional diesel
powered engines.
Giving reasons for the decision to procure the LNG truck, Mark
Binns, managing director of Petrolog, said: “Despite being more
expensive to buy, we are convinced by the truck’s positive
environmental and operational benefits. Introducing the truck will
contribute towards our corporate initiative to reduce CO2 emissions
produced by our vehicle operations by 25 percent per ton-kilometre
by 2020. Iveco is focusing on the promotion of trucks using
alternative fuels, and is recognised as a pioneer of this technology
which Hoyer sees as interesting and promising.”
Hoyer has been delivering to Total Deutschland’s service station
network since 2016. Total’s Logistics director Stefan Küfner
confirmed the company’s support for Hoyer’s initiative to promote
sustainable transport.
“Today, with more than 40 years of experience in the LNG
business, the Total Group is number two worldwide in the
production and distribution of liquid natural gas, and is increasingly
involving itself in using LNG in the transport of goods by road,” he
said. “For us, this co-operation with Hoyer is another great
opportunity to gather initial experience in the daily use of LNG
trucks.”
The next IAA CV will take place in Hannover in September 2020.
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