Connect with Schrader - March 2015

Connect with Schrader

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Schrader’s Wireless Auto Locate (WAL) Technology
What is WAL?
WAL is a unique and patented Schrader protocol that allows the vehicle’s Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) to automatically locate and identify each sensor’s specific location and each tire’s specific pressure. As you’d expect, Schrader has both OE replacement sensors and programmable EZ-sensors® that are fully WAL-compatible. This is important as WAL is now standard on many vehicle platforms in the market today.

What features does WAL provide?
WAL enables OEM vehicle manufacturers to provide automatic and advanced pressure-by-position displays for the consumer driver. This is becoming a more sought after new feature to enhance the driver’s understanding of which tire may be significantly underinflated.

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TPMS
Why is WAL important?
Other, non-Schrader replacement sensors that may claim to function with Schrader’s WAL technology are not automatic in nature. This means that when the tires are rotated, the system will not automatically place the sensors in their positions on the display. In fact, the system may not even notify that the sensors need to be reconfigured to their new locations. Having the system display the pressure in the wrong location is not what the OEMs intended to achieve when the systems were developed and started appearing on vehicles.

A Look at Schrader History
2014: Schrader expands its Springfield, Tennessee facility with a new $15 million capacity investment, increasing the location’s production capacity by more than 50%, and creating an additional 100 new high-tech manufacturing jobs in the local Springfield area.