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hello everyone
welcome to hunter's 2020 innovation expo
along with darcy tallinn i'm john centz
we are so excited to have you join us
today
as we unveil 17 new and enhanced hunter
products
certainly 2020 has been a very different
year and while we would love to be
showing you these new innovations
live in las vegas we are equally excited
to be showcasing
our most innovative new products and
enhancements ever in this new
one-of-a-kind
format not only are we showcasing new
technology
we also have a special guest who will
take a look into the
inner workings of how hunter brings new
products to market
each and every year at the end of the
show we will have a special message
from our president beau brauer so please
stay tuned darcy you ready to have some
fun
yes i am john i am so excited to get the
show started let's get going
we have some awesome new innovations to
our tire changer lineup and i think one
of the most fun additions is going to
help shops that service foam-filled
tires
let's send it over to jim hudson to
learn more about our tire changer lineup
now
take it away jim thanks guys this is
about the most fun i've ever had with a
tire changer but it's not all fun and
games this cutter saves a ton of time
compared to traditional methods
check this thing out so the tcx 645 has
a brand new accessory designed to cut
apart foam filled tires for disposal
it's like a giant swiss army knife for
the 645.
it includes a sidewall blade to cut the
inner and outer side walls
as well as a removable vertical blade to
cut the circumference of the tire
now this vertical blade also rotates 90
degrees to make
lateral cuts across the foam and it even
comes with an extended vertical arbor to
cut even deeper into the foam if
necessary on those higher diameter tires
so after you've made all the necessary
cuts you just simply flip this tool
around and use that built-in d-mount
disc to push off the foam and any
remaining sidewall pieces what used to
take
hours with a power saw only takes a few
minutes with this accessory on a tcx645
hunter's new tire cutter is efficient
and fun but seriously this is a real
game changer for shops who service these
foam applications
another great new development for hd
tire service is the new tcx 635 hd
the 635 hd adds even more capacity
speed and torque to the fastest and
safest line of hd tire changes available
let's see how introducing hunter's new
tcx 635 hd tire changer
the 635 hd has 18 more speed and
30 percent more torque than the previous
model this means faster and more
powerful over the road tire changing on
standard wide base and super single
assemblies
that lower carriage means more ergonomic
roll up adding even more safety to your
tire changing operations
that lower carriage also delivers an
increase in three inches of overall tire
diameter capability
and a new high efficiency gearbox
promises long trouble free life in
addition to all that increased speed and
power
the new tcx635 hd offers great time and
labor savings for hd tire service but
we're also introducing a new passenger
tire changer i know you're going to like
the new tcx 5859 are optimized for the
fastest growing tire segment for oems
and the aftermarket
truck tires so i'm excited to show you
how these new models solve today's truck
tire challenge
hunter's new tcx 58 and 59 tire changers
introduce a revolutionary new inflation
system called
fast blast today's large volume truck
and suv tires are often a struggle to
inflate
hunter's fast blast is rail mounted so
it avoids techs holding blast nozzles
and tanks
the fastblast works completely
hands-free so techs don't need to lift
heavy tires and hold them in back
braking positions you just aim the
nozzle activate the charge and hit the
pedal
now the 58 and 59 are built on hunter's
best in class two-speed chassis
for plenty of power and speed and they
feature the most powerful bead braking
shovel system
and hunter's unique automatic swing arm
the 58 and 59 also feature a simple
single point upper press head that's
optimized for standard wheel service
now heavier stiff lower beads are often
a serious challenge for truck tires but
the 58 and 59 has them licked with
hunter's unique lower locking d-mount
disc
this thing is great for 19 fives all tcx
58 and 59 tire changers can fit hunter's
optional wheel lift
which adds even more safety and labor
savings to this package
available with traditional plastic or
steel mount heads on the 58 model
or a labor saving leverless mount head
on the tcx 59
these tire changers are workhorses
so these new models are the first tire
changers designed specifically to
overcome the challenges of today's
growing truck market and are great for
standard tire service too
back over to you guys thanks jim those
are some great enhancements
our tire changer lineup really offers a
lot of great options for shops that
service every kind of assembly out there
i really want to cut up some of those
foam filled tires myself that's right
darcy
we continue to innovate across all of
our product lines based on what
customers need
including bringing all new products to
market this year we have a really big
new product that we're excited to share
with you all today
so let's send it over to pete liebertrue
to learn more pete take it away
yes john this one is big hunter is proud
to announce a brand new four post for
heavy duty
alignment and service let's check it out
hunter's new thirty five thousand pound
four post is everything you need for
fast and efficient hd alignment and
service
the l494 hd starts with galvanized
runways capable of aligning vehicles up
to 300 inch wheelbase
the galvanized runways offer the best in
corrosion protection for your investment
hunter's l494 comes alignment ready with
turn plate pockets and slip legs for
servicing standard vehicles
because hunter knows most fleet and hd
customers are not exclusively hd
hunter's l494 can be equipped with
optional power slide and fia turn plates
and slip lights
this saves time by eliminating trips
around the truck when locking and
unlocking plates
the aligner can be connected to control
all lock and unlock functions
automatically
optional 20 000 pound jacks can be added
for wheels free service
optional led align lights make service
easier and safer by illuminating the
underside of the vehicle
hunter's new hd4 post finally gives
hd shops a truly efficient alignment
lift solution
and it is a great general service option
as well
really cool hd alignment service just
got easier
back to you john wow pete that new hd4
post is
massive and a great new option for shop
servicing really big vehicles
john that product really is impressive
but guess what our innovation in the
heavy duty world it just doesn't stop
there
we have a first of its kind new product
that a lot of our customers have been
asking for and dreaming about
let's send it over to alex smith to
learn more thanks darcy
i know everyone has been waiting for
this and we are very excited to bring
unmanned inspection technology
from the passenger market to our heavy
duty and commercial customers
let's see in action
what you're seeing here is the world's
first touchless heavy duty alignment and
tread depth inspection solution that
presents critical safety
tread depth and fuel saving data without
the driver ever leaving the cab of the
truck
it covers everything from pickup trucks
to box trucks
to semi-trailers you can even get tread
depth on your super single tires
and scrub on your tandem axles getting
all this critical data used to take 15
minutes
but with touchless hd inspection you can
do it in 15 seconds
so whether you're an hd repair shop
looking for more opportunities or a
fleet looking to increase your profit
per mile
hunter's unmanned hd inspection is a
revolutionary way
to grow your business back over to you
darcy thank you alex great job on that
what an exciting new product for our
heavy duty and commercial customers
this is a real game changer and brings
some awesome high-tech inspection
equipment
to the industry john that's some really
cool technology
and what many people don't realize is
how much work goes on behind the scenes
to bring these products to market
we are so proud to say that hunter
products are designed and built in the
usa
let's send it out to our special guest
bruno massell from fox sports and motor
trend
to take a peek behind the curtain and
meet some of the hunter team members
responsible for designing and building
these awesome products
right here in the usa bruno it's all
yours
thanks john i'm here in the engineering
department with the director of r d
engineering mike gerdes mike truly
designed everything built in the usa
built right here on property is
something that you guys
have a stronghold for i can't help but
walking through i notice patents
everywhere on the walls wall patents you
guys have how many 350 currently
we do we have 350 patents issued to our
engineering team
and we have the largest engineering team
in the industry based here in the united
states
typically we average about 10 patents
awarded to our team every year
that's amazing you know let's talk about
those engineers you know they're
the patents are protecting their
intellectual properties their hard work
but what are they doing currently to
build this amazing product line keeping
it moving forward
including the circuit boards i
understand they're designed right here
in house and built in-house
absolutely bruno we have mechanical
engineers electrical engineers and
computer science engineers
all located in this facility working to
design and develop our products
we also have manufacturing engineers
here and in our facilities in
mississippi in one of our mississippi
facilities
that's where we build all of our circuit
boards that go into the products
along with a great quality assurance
team that's always making sure our
stringent quality standards are held
that is incredible that you're able to
control your own quality by designing it
in house
building in a house and assembling
everything all under one roof is it okay
if we kind of take a little walk around
and
peek over those engineers shoulder and
see what they're working on absolutely
we can all right let's do it man let's
go this way i take it right yes okay
so what do we got here so this board
here is a data acquisition board from
our wheel balancers
it takes all the signals in from all the
sensors
and controls everything that's going on
with the balancing machine and this is
the blueprint for it right this
is all right bruno why don't we take a
walk and go see what some of our
mechanical engineers are doing alright
i'll follow your lead
alex here is one of our wheel balancer
engineers you can see he's got the 3d
model and his cad
software on the left and then on the
right it's actually installed in a wheel
balancer that is so cool
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so i think i'll let you go and you can
see what's going on out in the factory
if you like yeah i mean you're going to
turn me loose you're on your own all
right thanks man have a great time all
right we'll see you later
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i made my way from hunter's incredible
engineering facility right here to the
factory now this is
the st louis headquarters for hunter
engineering and it is one of four
manufacturing facilities they have right
here
in the united states the other three
being in mississippi
where they manufacture everything from
the biggest of the smallest parts
including printed circuit boards i'm
here with steve long who has been with
the hunter for what 46 years steve 46
years in august yes
that is truly incredible steve i see
some circuit boards here yeah you
mentioned circuit boards these come up
from our plant in mississippi like you
said they go into the
back of the cameras and we do 100
inspection
and run run them through the paces every
every set
yes that's very cool you know people
don't often manufacture stuff like this
in the united states anymore but hunter
sticks to it what are your thoughts on
that
i think it's awesome myself i mean
they're creating jobs for americans
what can be better than that and not
only that we also export to over 100
countries
that is really really cool stuff i know
you're a busy guy i'll let you get back
to work thanks for taking a minute
with us today you're welcome have a
great day
guys thanks again for bringing me out to
get up close and personal
look at hunter engineering here at the
world headquarters in
st louis but before i go i won't get a
chance to check out this virtual tour
of that is the electronic manufacturing
plant down in mississippi
truly cool stuff all right i'm going to
stay here and finish my tour thanks guys
once again for having me send it back to
you
thanks bruno it's absolutely amazing to
see what happens behind the scenes at
hunter
you know darcy we are so proud to export
hunter products to over 100 countries
around the world
john i gotta say it's absolutely amazing
and it really shows how committed hunter
is to building the best products in the
world hands down
our next product is a perfect example of
taking an already great tool
and then improving on it for our global
customers we are so excited to show you
this
let's send it back to alex smith to
learn more alex
thanks darcy we've got a lot of exciting
developments that expand our autonomous
inspection capability for our global
customers
let's jump into it i'm very excited for
our international customers we have some
great news for them this year
first we've expanded our license plate
recognition coverage
adding dozens of latin american and
asian countries to our list of supported
markets
this unlocks the potential of smart
plate preload to produce truly
autonomous inspection results
but by far the most exciting news for
the international market is quick auto
id
a highly advanced machine learning
system that uses our body damage images
to visually identify
make model and generation we don't need
license plates we don't need vins
we use the pictures of the vehicle to
resolve specifications for unmanned
inspection results as we expand our
quick auto id coverage
truly unmanned inspection results are
becoming a worldwide reality
quick auto id is very exciting and as we
expand our oem coverage
more and more customers will be able to
generate truly autonomous alignment
inspection results
back to you darcy thank you alex
that is an exciting new enhancement to
our unmanned inspection lane and it
really showcases hunter's drive to
continually
innovate our products john that's right
darcy we continue to innovate our
existing products like the autocomp
elite
as well as bring new products to market
like the all-new hd
elite let's send it over to greg meyer
to learn more about both
greg take it away thanks john yeah
there's a lot to discuss in the world of
on car lanes let's take a look
the autocomp elite or ace lathe was
really one machine in the past
now it's three machines which include a
base machine the standard
and the premium digical machine the base
machine is really a misnomer because
this machine is chock full of features
first off it's the fastest cutting most
powerful lathe on the market which cuts
roughly twice as fast as competitive
machines
on top of that the machine includes
class leading compensation which is fast
and accurate every time the machine also
features standard act
or anti-chatter technology this varies
the cutting speed to prevent shatter
when cutting
our standard lathe adds a tablet which
allows you to control the machine more
conveniently
but more importantly offers rotor
thickness specifications so we can
ensure
rotors are discarded when appropriate
in addition it includes bitminer to
ensure bits are used most efficiently
and offers videos with multiple language
support for bilingual shops
the digical or premium machine has the
very powerful ability to make live
measurements of rotor thickness and
compare it to the vehicle specification
to ensure work is done properly
as an added bonus it includes a work
light that lights the back side of the
rotor to ensure the cut is being made
properly on that hard to see side of the
rotor
as if that weren't enough we're also
introducing our patent-pending
adjustable adapters
these three adapters can adjust from 114
to 210 millimeter bolt patterns
when paired with the two passenger
adapters virtually all vehicles up to
3500 series trucks can be handled with
this machine
very impressive versatility i think
everybody's going to find something to
love about the new ace family lineup
let's switch gears and talk about the
new heavy duty elite balancer it
combines the best of the previous
generation
heavy duty balancer with the speed and
ease of use of the road force elite
let's take a look miles is using the
integrated wheel lift to save his back
this machine can handle very large
assemblies 500 pounds and up to 52
inches
in diameter anything that's going to
come into your shop
as he's putting the wing nut on you
might notice this machine does not have
data set arms
and that's because we don't need them
instead we're going to use lasers and
cameras
on the inside and outside of the wheel
to automatically measure the dimensions
and run out of the rim when he pulls the
hood down you'll see those lasers come
on
they're taking the dimensions of the
wheel as we spin up
the wheel will be balanced first and the
reason we do this is that when the
balance bin is completed miles can get
his wheel weights ready
and we're going to use that time to
measure the assembly run out
assembly run out is critical in heavy
duty it affects vibration and tire life
more than imbalance
so we have to get this information when
miles puts the wheel weights on
you'll notice that it automatically
servos the wheel to top dead center
telling him how much he needs to apply
and where to apply it speaking of run
out
not only does it allow us to reduce
vibration but allows us to match dual
assemblies
when we're putting two wheels together
we can mount the high spots 180 degrees
apart
as well as match the diameters of those
wheels to make sure that we get the best
tire life possible
now if we have a problem with the
assembly we can press the force matching
button and it'll show us where the high
spot of the tire is
and the low spot of the rim so that we
can bring those two together
and reduce vibration and increase tire
life
this machine also has ecal automatic
calibration which is going to keep the
machine performing optimally
and give us the best results it also has
automatic centering check which is going
to always look to make sure the wheel is
centered correctly on the balancer
as well as having a touchscreen which
allows them to quickly toggle between
car bus and truck to make sure that
we're using the proper wheel weights
and rounding correctly for the job at
hand
i am super excited about this new highly
capable balancer
our customers are gonna love it back to
you john
thanks greg that new hd elite balancer
is an exciting new balancer option for
shops that service
all kinds of assemblies i couldn't agree
more john and as we near the end of our
show
i'd like to introduce bowl brower the
president of hunter engineering company
to share a personal message with you
take it away bo on behalf of our family
staff and the field team at hunter thank
you for joining our innovation expo
this has been a wild year for all of us
and for most of our customers
with so much out of our control we
decided to spend this year
laser focused on product innovation
today
we're proud to show you what we've
created our staff
our production teams all of us want to
say thank you for being a hunter
customer
we wish you a wonderful year and look
forward to seeing you
in las vegas next year thank you bo
and for those of you watching make sure
you reach out to your local hunter team
to learn more about the expo promotion
well that's going to do it for our show
today
thank you all for taking the time out of
your busy day to join us
we hope you enjoyed the show and we look
forward to helping you grow your
business like
never before with our most innovative
products ever
take care everybody
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