11/11/2010

• Longer tire life
• Decreasing energy and mounting costs
• Shorter vehicle downtimes

With the CSEasy SC20, you get longer service life and also save energy. One of 300 front stackers at work at ZF Sachs in Schweinfurt.

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Hanover/ Schweinfurt, November 2010. ZF Sachs AG as a part of ZF Friedrichshafen AG is one of the world's major automotive suppliers. At its plant in Schweinfurt, there are 300 front stackers and 300 commissioning vehicles in service that have been equipped with Continental SC15 industrial tires since 2000. By using the new SC20 tire, the company have  further improved cost efficiency. This is largely thanks to the innovative CSEasy SC20, as its mounting system minimizes the work required in changing solid rubber tires.

Solid rubber tires are ideally suited for heavy duty applications on slow moving vehicles on paved surfaces. They exhibit excellent stationary stability, are breakdown-proof and almost maintenance-free. Applications for the tires include forklifts, industrial tractors or heavy-goods transporters in logistics centers, airports and harbors, in industrial production and in smelteries –  wherever  high carrying capacity and cost efficiency are paramount. Solid rubber tires prove their worth for instance in smelteries where glowing metal weighing several tons is transported, or in concrete recycling where sharp-edged concrete chunks and metal pieces can damage the tires.

Hard operational conditions. The CSEasy system increases efficiency with fast tire changing without the need for special tools.

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With a tire life up to 20 percent longer, a tread depth as much as 10 percent greater compared to the SC15, and a rolling resistance as much as 30 percent lower than that of the competition, the SC20 gives an impressive performance. On a forklift, it can reduce CO₂ emissions by as much as 5 percent in comparison to a forklift equipped with rival tires. The benefits obtained already by the SC15 tire – longer service life and shorter battery charging and refueling times – are even more evident with this product.

CSEasy SC 20 from Continental. With the innovative adapter system, changing tires is fast and easy.

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At ZF Sachs in Schweinfurt, the forklifts are used primarily on asphalt surfaces outside and in halls. Loads of one to eight tons are lifted to heights of up to four meters. The transport speeds are between 15 and 23 km/h. "Continental’s field sales team brought our attention to CSEasy in 2006", notes Feser. “In the meantime, we have appreciated not only its long service life, but since it is so easy to mount, vehicle downtimes have almost been eliminated. And thanks to its sturdiness and good rim seating, we are more than satisfied with the tire."