Sensata | Xirgo Partners with Ossia to Launch the Xirgo OTAC Tracker to Safely and Wirelessly Charge Asset Trackers
11 March 2022 - 1:03AM
Business Wire
- A first-of-its-kind solution, the new and award-winning Sensata
| Xirgo OTAC (Over the Air Charging) Tracker Solution is ideal for
fleet operators and large retailers who have shipping yards and
distribution centers that can benefit from streamlining temporary
asset tracking.
- Sensata | Xirgo has collaborated with Ossia to create this
user-friendly asset tracking solution that helps enable the
monitoring of high-value remote assets.
- This over-the-air charging-based tracking solution was awarded
the “HDT Top 20 Products” from Heavy Duty Trucking magazine (HDT),
being recognized for standing out in the areas of innovation,
ability to address important industry issues, and potential to
improve a fleet’s bottom line.
- The award from HDT was presented at the TMC Annual Meeting
& Transportation Technology Exhibition in Orlando,
Florida.
Sensata Technologies (NYSE: ST), today announced the
Sensata | Xirgo OTAC (Over the Air
Charging) Tracker Solution which makes it easy for users
to safely and simultaneously charge and store up to 400 compatible
asset trackers per charging station that are used to track assets
where permanent attachment or external power is an issue. The
solution is ideal for fleet operators and large retailers who have
shipping yards and distribution centers that can benefit from the
cost savings associated with streamlining asset tracker charging
and deployment.
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Sensata | Xirgo’s OTAC (Over the Air
Charging) Tracker Charging Station makes it easy for users to
safely charge, store and access up to 400 compatible asset trackers
at one time. (Photo: Business Wire)
Sensata | Xirgo collaborated with Ossia to create this charging
solution using Ossia’s Cota® Real Wireless Power™ transfer
technology to enable the monitoring of high-value remote assets
where power is unavailable including semi-trailers, containers,
forklifts, and other logistics-based assets. The mobile station is
user-friendly, can wirelessly charge many OTAC-compatible asset
trackers at once, including Sensata | Xirgo’s XT4700 IoT asset tracker, and can be
customized to fit other asset tracking solutions in the supply
chain.
Xirgo OTAC charging station’s wireless power eliminates the need
for wires, cables, charging pads, or specific placement
orientation, providing an easy-to-use, reliable solution to keep
asset trackers charged while minimizing the effort to ensure
reliability in the field. The OTAC Tracker Charging Station
provides an enclosed environment that is designed for safety so
that when a user opens the panel doors to deposit or retrieve a
tracker, charging is paused and resumes when the doors are
closed.
Retailers spend countless hours searching for lost trailers in
the yard of large distribution centers. Sensata | Xirgo’s charging
system offers several advantages compared to traditional, wired
charging solutions to help streamline asset tracker charging and
deployment and make yard checks more accessible. The solution’s
benefits include:
- Reducing/automating yard checks
- Operational efficiencies
- Dock and yard labor
- Safety and liability of yard personnel
- Preventing delayed goods to stores
- Loading dock downtime
The new tracking solution was given an “HDT Top 20 Products”
award from Heavy Duty Trucking magazine (HDT), being recognized for
standing out in the areas of innovation, ability to address
important industry issues, and potential to improve a fleet’s
bottom line. HDT presented Sensata | Xirgo and Ossia, Inc. with the
award at the TMC Annual Meeting & Transportation Technology
Exhibition in Orlando, Florida.
“Our award-winning OTAC Tracker is a first for the fleet
industry,” said Shawn Aleman, Vice President and General
Manager of Sensata | Xirgo. “We created a safe and easy turnkey
solution that can efficiently charge and store many asset trackers
at once, solving the challenge of recharging thousands of asset
tracking devices between use and helping our customers realize cost
savings.”
“Ossia is thrilled to work with innovative companies such as
Sensata | Xirgo to bring the Cota technology to market for
high-demand applications such as asset tracking,” said Doug
Stovall, Chief Executive Officer of Ossia. “Sensata | Xirgo is a
global, trusted brand that industries look to for innovative
solutions. Integrating Cota Real Wireless Power into a broad range
of Sensata | Xirgo products will increase efficiency and safety,
while making a positive environmental impact.”
To learn more about Sensata | Xirgo’s OTAC solution, visit
www2.sensata.com/XirgoOTAC.
About Sensata Technologies
Sensata Technologies is a global industrial technology company
striving to create a cleaner, more efficient, electrified and
connected world. Through its broad portfolio of sensors, electrical
protection components and sensor-rich solutions which create
valuable business insights, Sensata helps its customers address
increasingly complex engineering and operating performance
requirements. With more than 21,000 employees and global operations
in 13 countries, Sensata serves customers in the automotive, heavy
vehicle & off-road, industrial, and aerospace markets. Learn
more at www.sensata.com and follow Sensata on LinkedIn, Facebook
and Twitter.
About Ossia Inc.
Ossia Inc. is leading the world on what is possible with
wireless power. Ossia's flagship Cota® technology redefines
wireless power by safely delivering remote, targeted energy to
devices at a distance. Ossia's Cota technology is a patented smart
antenna technology that automatically keeps multiple devices
charged without any user intervention and enables an efficient and
truly wire-free, powered-up world that is always on and always
connected. Ossia is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington. Visit
our website at www.ossia.com.
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