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OMNI WILLIG CARBON GMBH CARBON FIBRE COMPOSITE TANK INNOVATION: The innovation is a carbon fibre composite tank that is light weight with very high chemical resistance for the transport of Class 8 corrosive chemicals. These tanks are the first carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP) tanks to be approved according to ADR. The innovation of our product is based on a highly chemical resistant polyolefin thermoplastic liner in combination with a carbon fiber structure. The product solves a significant technical challenge in the plastics industry to achieve a high strength bond to polyolefin materials which are difficult to bond to. The liner can be made in one piece and does not collapse or debond from the structure. This feature is surrounded on one side with a worldwide patent to solve this problem, on the other hand used to have a high chemical resistant tank. ADVANTAGES: Our innovation gives the forwarder increase of his payload of 30%, due to the use of carbon fibre in the structure resulting in a lighter tank. Carbon fibre composite is approximately double the strength of glass fibre composite, and five times the strength of steel, resulting in much thinner tank walls with no reduction in safety. Factor 10 of safety has been H5-D03 employed across the tank, resulting in a very safe tank. Excellent chemical resistance of the seamless thermoplastic liner, together with the ability to wash the tank out and change chemical payload, results in a high versatily. SOLUTION: The CFRP Minitank gives a high payload in combination with a high flexibility to the forwarder. The tanks do not have to be changed, because the chemical resistance fits most of the chemicals. The high washability also gives the possibiliy to transport chemical in variation/alternation, which is mostly not possible today. The seamless thermoplastic liner also means reduced repairs and maintainenance and long service life (>10 years without maintenance to the liner). HANDLING: The CFRP Minitank is equiped with a safety feature which secures the tank from vacuum damages and makes the handling a lot safer for the driver. OPTITOOL GMBH TOTARI H3-A07 INNOVATION: ADVANTAGES: Well versed trip planning is a prerequisite for shaping efficient and cost-effective logistics processes. In automating the generation of trip plans lays the necessity for exact information: the sequence of orders and routes – “routing” – needs all relevant road data (trip times, distance, toll costs, road restrictions, etc.). The established/conventional routing process for trip planning assumes identical values for trip times and routes/distances regardless of time-ofday or day-of-week. In reality, the required trip times vary significantly dependent on characteristic patterns in traffic flow. If no consideration is paid to time-of-day and day-of-week, the results of trip planning with a fixed point in time will likely lead to additional costs or contract penalties for the transport provider. For this reason, OPTITOOL has established a support programme in collaboration with Fraunhofer, Geofabrik and Meindl to assure effective trip planning with time dependent routing information. The program/project is to be completed by Q2/2017. ■ Time-dependent routing information ■ intelligent/clever trip optimisation will determine the cheapest routes and notably avoid anticipated traffic congestion ■ Development of a data storage method to make pre-calculated data readily available for routing calculation ■ By cleverly combining advanced routing algorithms with efficient data access to pre-calculated data, a satisfactory speed will be achieved using commercially available RAM memory ■ Improved punctuality and delivery loyalty ■ CO2-Savings SOLUTION: The TOTARI software is being developed to account for time-dependent routing information within the framework of trip planning. Freely available traffic information, derived from static map data as well as real-time data in addition to data from the own fleet is used to achieve higher accuracy in time dependent routing of trip plans. For this project new mathematical models and optimisation algorithms are being developed and practical solutions are tested in a pilot application. HANDLING: The practical benefit to using a time dependent trip plan is obvious: Bypassing heavily frequented routes at high-congestion times helps to avoid traffic congestion and associated immobilisation times. Transport capacity utilisation will be maximised due to less subsequent deliveries and missed target dates. Additionally, shorter trip times, shorter driven distances while avoiding congested areas allow for less CO2 emissions. A more precise trip plan helps customer relations through higher punctuality and delivery loyalty. TOTARI will be added to the OPTITOOL map data and contribute to innovation in trip planning and trip optimisation. The user will not have to change familiar processes and will simply benefit from higher product capability. www.expopetrotrans.com 19