Design Clutch Wear Monitoring to Provide the Right Time to Change the Clutch and Prevent Unscheduled Breakdown on Heavy Duty Trucks

Abstract

Heavy-duty trucks are a long-term investment capital in the field of heavy equipment. There are still many trucks that experience breakdowns. The most common damage is clutch damage. This research using experimental methods to designs a clutch wear monitoring tool that can send real-time notifications (using the internet of things). This device uses an ultrasonic sensor to detect clutch wear and combines it with the SIM800L GSM Module as a data sender. Vehicle owners or foreman mechanics can monitor via the Blynk application. This notification is in the form of a clutch condition still in a clutch normal, clutch warning and clutch limit.