Případová studie společnosti TM Bowser Solutions

TM Bowser Solutions was founded over 30 years ago and was created, says T&M, with the sole purpose of working with customers to create and run bowsers that solve challenges. Our way is our customers’ way – we always work as a team. We understand that sites cannot run without water or fuel, and so we build bowsers with one purpose in mind: to deliver fuel and water to construction crews in the safest and fastest way possible.’ 

Installation for TM Bowser Solutions

Our desire to innovate and drive improvement has seen the team at TM solve a range of challenges that otherwise threaten to slow or halt the progression of major projects.’
Jasný závazek zákazníka vyžadující náročnou technologii pro splnění zadání!
The T&M kamerový systém comprises:

• 8kanálová záznamová jednotka (DVR) s 1TB SSD úložištěm (s podporou až 4TB)
• 5x kamera včetně 1x na řidiče
• 7palcový LCD monitor
• CitySafe alarm odbočení vlevo
• Systém senzorů přiblížení StepProtect
• 3 x AI kamery – Progressive Safe System

Proberme každý systém v logickém pořadí.

Recording System for TM Bowser Solutions

Starting with the recording system, the lads in the TM workshop have created a special tamperproof DVR cover (right), preventing fiddling fingers! Data is stored on a 1TB SSD, giving plenty of storage space. A key aspect of the TrafficAngel DVR is its suspension-protected drive. Before this feature, all DVRs ran the risk of freezing or losing data if the vehicle encountered potholes or jarring road surfaces. Solid state drives (SSD) combined with suspension means TM’s data is safe, no matter the road shock!

Reversing Camera for TM Bowser Solutions

The reversing camera is double-sealed and IP69K-rated (the top rating available short of explosion-proof!) The screws are stainless steel, NOT aluminium, which tends to corrode, turning to powder in the threads, making ongoing servicing and/or replacement an avoidably annoying chore.

The camera has excellent night-time/pitch dark vision, and the refresh rate means it also records well to the DVR at dawn and dusk, a weak spot in many other camera systems out there.

Front Camera for T&M Bowser Solutions

The přední fotoaparát is our torpedo camera, which gives suitable coverage across the front with the necessary pixel quality to ensure number plates and other important details are written to the DVR without the distortion that can occur on many systems where moving objects are captured.

As you can see from the picture, it’s also small and unobtrusive, and it’s sturdy enough to get knocked by thermos flasks clip clipboards, etc, etc, and live on!

Senzorový systém StepProtect

T&M also fits our StepProtect sensor system. However, with the advent of TfL’s Progressive Safe System, this has superseded the DVS sensor requirement, and T&M will likely disable this going forward, opting for TrafficAngel’s AI Camera-based PSS solution instead.

StepProtect certainly has its place, though for customers looking to reduce nearside blindspot damage, and many of our customers have saved £££££ in replacement steps and body work as the system warns them when they’re about to hit that blind-spot bollard!

Progresivní bezpečný systém

Moving on to our Progresivní bezpečný systém (the next gen October 2024 DVS requirement for vehicles 12 tonnes and over entering London), right we see our AI corner camera, below right the driver display, and below the passenger A-pillar pedestrian warning display, no wires showing and all looking factory fit!

Below, we see the black AI side camera, which is being fitted to work alongside the existing white non-AI side camera. But an integrated solution is also available where the AI cameras are used as part of the recording system.

Lastly, we see the left turn alarm, safely tucked away but positioned to give out a clear 97dB spoken left turn warning to pedestrians and cyclists in the blind spot. Our alarm is IP69K and resistant to high-pressure water jets, making it a reliable choice for construction vehicles, etc.