Funding Details
- Awarder
- PlugAndPlayTechCenter
- Date Award
- May 15, 2024
- Funding URL
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Company Info
- Company Description
- The Safe Light Cleaning System uses compressed air, stored in a dedicated receiver installed in the undercarriage of a trailer or tractor, to periodically, predictably and autonomously clean lights with a short duration air burst. The benefits for trailer fleets running this system include: increased safety for truck drivers & the driving public, increased convenience/efficiency, decreased insurance premiums for fleets, regulatory compliance, market differentiation, public & industry relations goodwill, and the flexibility to adapt the system to keep any crucial surface clean such as cameras, sensors, mirrors, license plates, and the like. Truck-trailers operating in challenging conditions, especially in long-haul and resource sectors in northern climates, experience road conditions that obscure their marking-brake lights (fouling) with snow, ice, mud, dirt, and dust. Federal and provincial vehicle safety legislation mandate that all vehicles have clearly visible lamps and reflectors, both in the front and in the rear, at all times. Compliance is difficult, near impossible to maintain, and results in non-compliance of a regulatory safety mandate. Fouled lights increase the risk of collisions from the rear as the trailers become ‘phantom vehicles’ that are difficult to spot.
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