From November 27 to 29, 2024, the highly anticipated 11th Chemical Logistics Industry Annual Conference was grandly held in Changshu, Jiangsu. The conference, themed “Return to Essence, Seek Change and Innovation, Multidimensional Symbiosis,” brought together industry elites from across the country to discuss the safe development and digital transformation of the chemical logistics industry.
The conference not only featured high-level discussions and a large-scale event, but also garnered the active participation and high attention of many renowned OEMs and component companies, with over 600 attendees. Leading companies in the industry, such as CIMC Vehicles, Strong Crown Group, Sinotruk, Foton Daimler, Beijing Heavy Duty Truck, Germany’s BPW, Sweden’s Haldex, and domestic companies such as Huajin and Usoft, sent representatives to the event to engage in in-depth exchanges and jointly explore the future development of the industry.
In this context, global commercial vehicle wheel-end solutions provider ConMet made a stunning appearance with its PreSet Plus® series products. Recognized for its outstanding performance in hazardous chemicals transportation, ConMet was awarded the “Safety Equipment Technology Innovation Company” award, showcasing its leadership in technological innovation and product quality.
Seeking Innovation and Progress Amid Change
The theme of this year’s conference, “Return to Essence, Seek Change and Innovation, Multidimensional Symbiosis,” deeply reflects the profound considerations and proactive responses of the chemical logistics industry to the complex and changing environment. The transformation and upgrading of the hazardous chemicals transportation market toward greater safety, intelligence, and sustainability not only concerns the healthy development of the industry itself but also provides a powerful guarantee for public safety.
ConMet’s Senior Engineering Manager, Yuan Huachao, delivered a brilliant speech titled “Safety and Efficiency: The Development of Hazardous Chemicals Vehicle Wheel-End Technology” during the sub-forum, providing attendees with profound industry insights and forward-looking ideas. In his speech, Yuan Huachao elaborated on how ConMet’s PreSet Plus® wheel-end technology precisely meets the dual demands for safety and efficiency in hazardous chemicals transportation.
By optimizing the design of components such as bearings, spacer sleeves, and axle head nuts, ConMet introduced the enhanced PreSet Plus® wheel-end product. Based on the advantages of the PreSet® product, including long lifespan, oil lubrication, maintenance-free, and pre-warning capabilities, the enhanced version further improves performance. Its exceptional safety, efficient operational support, and convenient maintenance management provide a comprehensive and efficient solution for hazardous chemicals transportation users. It not only enhances the safety of the transportation process but also significantly improves logistics efficiency, making it one of the top choices for the hazardous chemicals transportation industry to achieve higher standards of safety and efficiency.
As a complete wheel-end solution provider, ConMet’s disc brake system includes various alloy elements in the brake disc’s manufacturing process and adopts an asymmetric design with different thicknesses on the inner and outer surfaces of the disc. This results in minimal deformation and reduced cracking, with anti-thermal cracking performance more than 30% higher than ordinary products. The longer service life helps users reduce costs. Currently, ConMet offers U-type, cap-type, flat-type, and spline-type brake discs, suitable for different medium and heavy-duty commercial vehicle conditions.
Main and Suspension Integration, Ultimate Protection
In recent years, with the rapid development of the chemical industry and the expansion of global trade, the market size of hazardous chemicals transportation has been continuously growing. According to the data from the China Logistics and Purchasing Union’s Hazardous Chemicals Logistics Branch, the logistics market for hazardous chemicals in China reached 2.38 trillion yuan in 2023 and is expected to grow to 2.85 trillion yuan by 2025. As a specialized field in logistics transportation, hazardous chemicals transportation requires far higher safety and reliability standards than conventional logistics.
ConMet understands the importance of product safety and technological innovation, consistently prioritizing these aspects. At this event, it showcased the TP PreSet Plus® Enhanced Disc Trailer Hub System, designed with the same technical approach as the tractor hub. The system leverages bearing clearance pre-adjustment and gear oil lubrication technologies, coupled with a transparent hubcap design.
This design extends bearing lifespan, enhances lubrication and heat dissipation, and prevents hazardous incidents such as bearing spalling, scorching, or wheel detachment due to inadequate maintenance or excessive braking heat in traditional hubs. The transparent window on the hubcap allows quick inspection of lubricant levels and quality, enabling timely fault detection. The tractor and trailer are equipped with ConMet maintenance-free hubs, ensuring the vehicle operates safely and efficiently while significantly reducing operational costs and creating greater value for users.
The exceptional performance of ConMet’s maintenance-free hubs markedly improves vehicle safety and reduces failure rates. This innovative design eliminates the tedious maintenance associated with traditional hubs and avoids resource waste caused by tractor idleness during trailer servicing. In the current sluggish freight market, equipping an entire vehicle with ConMet maintenance-free hubs amplifies these advantages, effectively helping customers lower operational costs.
For hazardous chemical transport vehicles operating 150,000 kilometers annually, ConMet’s maintenance-free hubs save over 5,000 RMB per vehicle annually in maintenance costs compared to conventional grease-lubricated hubs. This data directly addresses the logistics industry’s demand for cost reduction and efficiency enhancement, highlighting the substantial economic benefits of the integrated tractor-trailer hub solution.
ConMet’s integrated hub solutions offer highly engineered designs that ensure stability and safety for hazardous chemical transport vehicles across diverse and challenging terrains, providing unparalleled safety assurance for every journey.
Since its launch in 2010, the PreSet Plus® Enhanced Disc Trailer Hub has been widely adopted and highly regarded in the North American market, becoming standard equipment for five out of six major OEMs, with over 10 million units in use. In the Chinese market, the PreSet Plus® Enhanced Hub has also demonstrated robust growth, becoming standard equipment for the FAW Jiefang J7 Leader Edition. Its long lifespan and low maintenance costs have been widely recognized by users, playing a critical role in improving vehicle operational efficiency. ConMet is actively negotiating and collaborating with other leading domestic commercial vehicle manufacturers to provide future partnerships. In the trailer market, the PreSet Plus® Enhanced Hub has been in use for over three years, underscoring its adaptability and reliability in China.
With the continued adoption by domestic OEMs and the growing trailer market, the PreSet Plus® Enhanced Hub is poised for broader application and deeper development in the Chinese market. This will deliver a more efficient and safer trailer experience for users while driving technological progress and industry upgrades in the domestic trailer sector.
Leveraging its extensive industry experience and technological innovation, ConMet remains committed to enhancing vehicle safety, operational efficiency, and environmental standards. These efforts aim to meet increasingly stringent market demands and regulatory requirements, creating greater value for customers and advancing the sustainable development of the commercial vehicle and hazardous chemical transport industries.
Looking ahead, ConMet will uphold its core philosophy of “Safe Transportation, Efficient Energy Savings,” deepening cooperation with industry partners and exploring new technologies and applications. It seeks to provide more intelligent and eco-friendly hub solutions for the chemical logistics industry. ConMet firmly believes that through continuous technological innovation and service optimization, it can help the industry achieve safer, more efficient, and sustainable development goals. Together, ConMet and its partners can paint a brighter future for the chemical logistics industry and contribute to building a safer, more efficient, and environmentally friendly logistics ecosystem.
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