Carrier expands TRU maintenance management
Carrier Transicold recently introduced a new maintenance dashboard for its Lynx Fleet telematics platform, allowing users to create customized preventive maintenance (PM) schedules for their transport refrigeration units (TRUs) based on performance data collected and communicated in real time.
The maintenance dashboard uses Lynx Fleet’s two-way management and control capabilities to transform how users manage the scheduled maintenance of their TRUs, Carrier Transicold reported. It introduces the ability to set up distinct PM intervals based on calendar days or operating hours for up to three items on the truck or trailer, including total diesel engine hours, total switch-on hours, start cycles, and high-speed engine hours.
The dashboard shows where each asset is in its PM cycle using precise numerical values and a simple color-coded indicator that flashes red, yellow, and green.
“With the maintenance dashboard, Lynx Fleet users can proactively schedule preventive maintenance based on what the equipment tells them instead of relying on calendar alerts and manual checks of TRU controllers,” Scott Blair, senior digital program manager for Lynx Fleet telematics, said in a news release.
The maintenance dashboard boasts other features designed to enhance refrigerated fleet operations, including:
- A tabular data presentation similar to Lynx Fleet’s asset view, a familiar interface that displays the latest data about all the user’s assets on the network in one place. Information can be filtered and sorted to prioritize essential information.
- Streamlined communication with Carrier Transicold dealers. With some service arrangements, TRU performance can be monitored collaboratively with dealers for more seamless preventive maintenance scheduling.
- Centralized access to the information Carrier Transicold dealers need when scheduling service. This includes the asset ID, TRU model type and number, engine operating hours, and when preventive maintenance was last performed.
