ENGINES decisions – whether to service now or French and German with Spanish The bottom line service later,” Hall says. “And it reducscheduled to be added within a month In the simplest terms, smart diages the risk of the technician making and other languages in the queue.” nostics allow rental companies to multiple trips to find the root cause At $49.99, customers also apprequickly assess and schedule service and fix the issue.” ciate the low cost of the Perkins accordingly. The Cummins INLINE Mini SmartCap and the fact that the Perkins “In the event of a fault error mesAdapter, a nine-pin connector that MyEngine app is free to download sage, rental companies can plug in plugs directly into the SAE J1939-13 and use, says Bradford. “Most other the Cummins INLINE Mini, pull pridiagnostic connector on equipment connectivity systems require ongoing oritized fault code data and send and connects via Bluetooth, works in payments that add up over time, espethe information directly to their tandem with the Cummins Guidanz cially if an owner has many machines. Cummins service provider via the mobile app, which is available on both The cap, by comparison, has no ongoCummins Guidanz mobile app,” Hall iOS and Android platforms. ing connectivity costs,” he adds. explains. “At that point, a certified serFor its part, the Perkins SmartCap “Customers find it very helpful to vice provider can work with the fleet fits mechanical and electronic Perkins use Cummins Guidanz to access and to determine severity and schedule 400 Series to 1200 Series engines disshare failure information in advance service accordingly. This maximizplacing from 0.7 to 7.1 es equipment efficiency and liters, Bradford explains, uptime.” “A HUGE BENEFIT TO SMART ENGINE noting, “It’s also ecoRental sites can quicknomical enough to make ly verify that every unit is DIAGNOSTICS IS KNOWING THE EXACT sense for someone who leaving their site with no owns only one engine.” ENGINE OPERATION HOURS AT ALL TIMES, fail codes, which means no For a single machine issues during the job and WHICH MEANS SERVICES CAN BE SCHEDULED rental period. Rental compaoperator, the Perkins SmartCap provides usenies can also maximize their WHILE THE ASSET IS NOT COMMITTED TO ful reminders for when operations by obtaining key A PROJECT, SO IT’S NEVER OUT OF ACTION information from the engine services are due and helpful aids when perand decide whether the job WHEN REQUIRED BY A RENTER.” forming those services. can be finished and schedule Fleet owners get that service later, or quickly swap IAN BRADFORD, PERKINS benefit and the added the equipment before the job support for an overall and customer is affected. engine management system that elimwith their maintenance operators “A huge benefit to smart engine inates the need to store extensive data or service shops,” says Hall. “They diagnostics is knowing the exact files on each engine. They also get fully believe they can inform service proengine operation hours at all times, electronic service reminders, a service viders much earlier and it will enable which means services can be schedlog and access to constantly updated technicians to visit equipment locatuled while the asset is not committed parts books and operation/mainteed in remote areas, with the necessary to a project, so it’s never out of action nance manuals. parts and tools. They anticipate that when required by a renter,” Bradford this pre-information will significantsays. “Real-time data from the Perkins Users appreciate simplicity ly reduce their failure diagnosis and SmartCap also lets management teams and low cost equipment downtime.” compare engine use across assets, Bradford says user response to He continues, “End users conallowing all machines to be utilized the Perkins SmartCap has been oversider the use of Cummins Guidanz a at the most competitive rates. Rental whelmingly positive. game changer, by having the ability companies also could use Perkins “The feedback we have received to understand better the problem and SmartCap data to offer preferred says they are impressed with the simits criticality. Furthermore, they can rates to renters based on tracking and plicity of the Perkins SmartCap/ make better decisions for their busiusage information that quantifies the Perkins MyEngine system and the fact ness and improve up time, in addition operational efficiency benefits of the that it works on such a wide variety to sharing this information with the Perkins SmartCap equipped assets.” ■ of machines,” he says. “The app curCummins-certified technician in rently supplies information in English, order to reduce the time to repair.”
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