Equipment specialist Hunter has introduced an innovative new version of its fully-automatic Revolution tyre changer which it says delivers even more efficiency improvements and safety benefits for workshops.

Unlike traditional changers, which require technicians to operate the machine all of the way throughout the tyre changing process, Hunter says the new Revolution WalkAway offers 80 seconds of unattended bead breaking and demounting, meaning that technicians can perform other tasks such as wheel balancing while other tyres within a set are being demounted. With the new WalkAway tyre changer, Hunter estimates that the process of changing and balancing a complete set of four identical wheels and tyres is 25% faster than traditional methods.

Paul Beaurain, managing director, Pro-Align, said, “After carefully examining every element of the overall tyre replacement procedure, we have introduced the WalkAway which enables technicians to carry out multiple processes simultaneously by using the autonomous demounting capability. In doing so, a considerable amount of time can be saved changing each set of wheels, helping to not only improve workshop efficiency and profitability but also the customer experience.”

The new Revolution WalkAway is ideal for workshops who are changing a large number of end-of-life tyres in sets of four or two of same size tyre and wheel assemblies. After ‘educating’ the WalkAway on the first tyre, when demounting a tyre from then on in, technicians then simply need to load the tyre assembly, orient TPMS, and activate WalkAway, and finally offload the old tyre. The unit has a helpful ‘traffic light’ status indicator to show when in operation and the simplicity of the system means that operators just have to make four critical decisions during operation compared with 17 for conventional tyre changers, streamlining training and ease of use.

“Essentially, the new WalkAway option gives workshops added capacity without any investment in additional equipment or additional space requirements,” continues Paul adding, “Not only can more jobs be completed in a day by the same number of technicians but customers can be given an even faster service.”

To find out more about the Hunter Revolution WalkAway and other tyre servicing equipment from Hunter including wheel aligners, tyre changers and advanced diagnostic balancers, visit www.pro-align.ie