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Customer Testimonials
"During our original trial we found that Cat's Eye assisted our drivers when performing their daily checks to quickly and accurately
identify any tyre pressure losses, which in turn helped to reduce fuel consumption".
Cliff Smith, Fleet Engineering Manager
Tesco
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Benefits |
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Highly Visible: Pressure
losses can be spotted quickly without the need to taking a pressure
reading. |
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Easily Installed: Can be retro fitted
onto an existing tyre without removing the wheel or the tyre valve. |
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Health & Safety: Can be incorporated
into a daily inspection regime to ensure roadworthiness prior to and
during a journey. |
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Time Saving: Twin wheel tyres on an
axle can be inflated at the same time through the use of a single inlet
valve. |
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Protection: Built in ‘one-way
valve’ stops both tyres deflating if one is damaged. |
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Operating costs: Reduces fuel costs
and increases tyre wear, improving your bottom line operating profit.
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Technical Details |
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Manufactured
from durable, non-corrosive materials that is not
affected by vibration, shock or centrifugal force. |
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Maple Cat’s
Eye, will operate at a range of temperatures
from -40º C to +250º C |
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Sight Glass – Made
from Polycarbonate, which is virtually indestructible.
The gauge is also fully sealed to prevent water
ingress. |
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Air Inlet Fitting – Central
airing point fills both tyres with air at the same
time. |
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Internal Check
Valve – On a dual wheel this protects the
good tyre from air pressure losses occurring from
a damaged tyre . |
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Cat’s Eye
The mechanical, retrofit, tyre pressure monitoring
system
Under inflation is the most costly element of tyre
maintenance. Small pressure losses are not only costly
they can prove to be dangerous; playing havoc with
schedules, profits and safety.
Maple Cat’s Eye, offers a simple to use, cost
effective, solution to the problem of increased fuel,
poor tyre wear and health & safety concerns caused
by under inflated tyres. Checking the air pressure
of dual tyres has become a quick and very easy task.
With just a simple glance you can identify any changes
in tyre pressure, by the status of the Cat’s
Eye visual indicator.
If the ‘eye’ is completely closed then
the tyres are within 2% of the recommended pressure.
If the ‘eye’ begins to open, the tyre
pressure has dropped and some action would be required.
If the ‘eye’ has completely opened, the
pressure has dropped to a dangerous level and immediate
action is required.
Cat’s Eye also saves you time by allowing
both dual tyres to be inflated at once via a single
airing point and ensuring that the pressures of dual
tyres are fully equalised. |
Key Features |
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On
average 1 in 3 of all truck tyres are incorrectly
inflated. |
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Typically 20%
under inflation of a tyre results in a 32% reduction
of tread life on a vehicle. Over a year this could
cost you 4 months of potential tyre usage. |
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Up to 1/3 of the
energy produced from a litre of fuel is consumed
by over coming rolling resistance. Driving on under
inflated tyres increase rolling resistance and
hence the amount of fuel used. |
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A difference in
tyre pressure of 5psi between two twin tyres on
a vehicle, results in the lower pressurised tyre
being dragged 13ft every mile travelled. A vehicle
completing 69,000 miles per year would drag the
lower pressurised tyre approximately 170miles increasing
fuel cost and reducing tyre life. |
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15% tyre under
inflation results in a 2.5% drop in the number
of miles or kilometres per litre of fuel a vehicle
can operate at. This equates on average to £1,584
per year of wasted fuel. |
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