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
On average 1 in 3 of all truck tyres are incorrectly inflated.
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.
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.
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.
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.