Eliminate 95% of Punctures Save up to 15% Fuel Extend Tyre Life up to 20% Reduce Roadside Downtime

We help commercial fleets, with vehicles of all types that have pneumatic tyres, reduce their cost of ownership associated with tyres and fuel while improving daily management by eliminating punctures.

Rising Running Costs for Fleets

Roadside Downtime, Fuel and Tyre Expenses

We rely on our fleets more than we realise. From small delivery vehicles to massive haul-liners, food and products cannot get to businesses and consumers without them.  As a fleet stakeholder, you know you have your hands full!

Within just ten years, running costs for fleets have skyrocketed mainly because of inflation, a weakening Rand and the drastic knock-on effect of rising fuel and taxes. 

It’s a more frightening picture when we realise its well over a 100% increase amounting to over R10 per litre meaning your fleet fuel bill doubled in the last ten years and its likely to just continue on this trajectory.

In 2019 there was the announcement of a new Carbon Tax that would apply to fleets per ton of carbon created. 

In 2022 there was new tyre increase of 39%.

If you run tight accounting for your fleet you would likely have already seen the signs.  Many trucking companies have closed down, jobs are lost and increases are passed onto the consumer. 

Everyone is suffering and as a fleet stakeholder you have to find help elsewhere – its the only alternative. 

Expensive DOWNTIME

And How It Can Cost You Millions

Punctures are a daily occurrence and with rising costs associated to service call-outs each repair may cost between R3000 to R20000 to remedy.

Then there are the wasted costs related to staff salaries, insurance excesses, hijacking and looting danger to vehicle, driver and cargo disrupting business continuity, maybe even affecting Service Level Agreements (SLA) and on-time deliveries.

In the majority of our analysis, we find that most fleets do not always have a full 360 degree view of hidden costs related to punctures, fuel and tyres. 

Therefore, downtime is a concern that needs special attention, and we collaborate closely with our fleets to prevent tyre punctures and loss of productivity and revenue.

Pressure is Your Enemy

The Problem You Didn't Know You Have

You have a huge pressure problem (without knowing it) and it’s adding huge risk and costs to your business.

Your vehicle is held up by a few pieces of tyre rubber totalling only the size of an A4 scrap of paper… carrying you and your precious cargo.

Manufacturers create each tyre model to be operated at exactly the right amount of air pressure.  Without adhering to the right pressure, you put yourself and your precious cargo at risk.

Unfortunately, unless you are putting in a LOT of energy checking tyre pressure and being aware of various technical issues you will likely never get it right:

Here’s Why You Cannot Get It Right on Your Own:

Pressure Destroys Your Fuel and Tyre Economy

It's not Only Dangerous but Expensive

Wasting Fuel?

Unless you are using Armour Tyre Sealant your tyres are likely to be underinflated due to slow punctures, porous rubber, leaking valves, rim leaks, checking pressure at the wrong time (hot tyres) and insufficient maintenance.

According to Michelin:  “A 30% increase in rolling resistance generates between 3 and 5% of fuel overconsumption.”

Remember how difficult it was to peddle a bicycle with flat tyres? You had to work harder (you experienced high rolling resistance) and yet once the tyres were inflated you could glide along effortlessly.

Your engine has to work harder to move a vehicle with one or more underinflated tyres. When your engine works harder it uses a lot more fuel and wears tyres faster and unevenly.

Wearing Down Your Tyres?

Tyres are similar to balloons with their shape deforming as pressure and weight are exerted. If your tyre’s air pressure is incorrect then the shape of the tyre is incorrectly deformed as in the image affecting your tyre wear and your safety.

Up to 73% of accidents in South Africa are tyre-related, causing blow-outs and as many as 45% of taller vehicles, such as your Side Tippers will roll resulting in many casualties.

Having Armour Sealant in your tyres will regulate your tyre pressure for the life of the tyre, and eliminate punctures on the fly while letting you enjoy the benefits of saving fuel and tyres, and the peace of mind by knowing you won’t be on the side of a dangerous road trying to change a tyre due to a puncture.

How it Works

Install and Forget but Remain Protected

Our original premium sealant was developed for the US Army over 40 years ago. Its mandate was clear:  eliminate punctures!

In the resulting demonstration a live round was shot into the tyre and then the vehicle driven for 160 kilometres without the tyre deflating.

Our secret formula is now available for your fleet at an affordable investment where your annual savings will far, far outweigh the cost of our sealant in your tyres.

During a simple installation, our sealant is inserted into the tyre and remains there for the life of the tyre providing you with our amazing pressure regulating benefits.

The core proprietary liquid suspension, which contains mostly food-safe ingredients, is spread by centrifugal spinning forces to the tread section of the inner-tyre.  Suspended in the liquid are micro-granules, fillers and aramid fibres (this is what stops bullets in a bullet-proof vest – and also stops punctures in our solution) that are carried to the site of any air escaping from the tyre.

As the liquid escapes from the leaking point in the tyre, an electro-chemical process helps create and build a dam (like a beaver) of micro-granules, fillers and aramid fibres creating a “bullet-proof” permanent airtight plug.

Our Clients Loving the Peace of Mind

Increasing Tyre Life Without Downtime

As you are aware I have been using your tyre additive product for the past 12 months and you will be glad to hear we have had great results in prolonging our tyre life in the harshest of underground mining conditions. It’s the first time in our mines life where we actually gotten the full life from some of our fleet of Hilux tyres once they don’t get a side wall cut.We have had very bad tyre life due to the number of punctures which has now been reduced by half. We have also used your product in some of our heavy duty underground equipment which has also seen an improvement in tyre life. On tyre change outs we have checked the tyre crown and found numerous objects which with your Air-Seal product did not affect the operation of the tyre.Tyre life is a critical part of operation and now we have a product that will help to achieve full tyre life and extra productivity due to less down time.
John Doyle
Lisheen Mine

How to Install?

Easy Installation

In this video, we will show you how to Assemble and Maintain the manual pump and how to Install into a Tyre.

External Costs Adding Pressure

Within just the last few years running costs for fleets have skyrocketed mainly because of inflation and the drastic knock on effect of rising fuel and tyre costs. All add-on services such as service call-outs for commercial vehicles have increased creating a difficult environment for business.

Punctures Have to Be Serviced

When a commercial fleet vehicle gets a puncture one has to arrange an urgent call out costing between R2500 to R20000. Often this does not include tyre replacement, repairs staff or labour. Furthermore, the driver, vehicle and cargo are now at risk of growing looting and theft instances.

No Time for Correct Pressure

Maintaining perfect tyre pressure of commercial vehicles is very challenging considering deadlines, distances travelled, and that the duty often falls onto the driver. For every tyre that is just 1 PSI lower than tyre guidelines, fuel economy drops by at least 1%.

Ageing Tyres?

Tyres are a high maintenance cost and we know that incorrect tyre pressure is the most obvious culprit in gobbling up around 20% of your tyre life each year. Often a driver won't even be aware of a puncture or slow leak while they travel massive journeys burning up tyre rubber due to deformed tyres and directly costing the business.

Carbon Tax Becoming an Issue?

In response to climate change, the Carbon Tax Act of 2019 which is aimed at reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, is levying a new tax to consumers and companies based on carbon costs such as fuel and tyres.

Permanently Eliminate Punctures On-the-fly...

...While Extending Tyre Life, Saving Fuel, and Preserving the Environment While Keeping You and Your Precious Cargo Safe

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Who's it For?

What Type of Vehicles and What Quantity

If you own anything with wheels, this is for YOU!

Fast Moving Vehicles

Vehicle tyres that may exceed 80km/h must be pre-balanced and one should insert exactly the same amount per tyre and not exceed the recommendations.

Slow Moving Vehicles

If your vehicle is “slow-moving” below 80km/h then you can elect to apply more sealant if entering puncture-prone environments.

Off-Road Vehicles

Vehicles that frequent “off-road” will likely frequent puncture-prone environments and could apply more sealant.

 

For any unusual applications reach out to us for free advice.

Vehicle Description and Volumes

Sealant volumes required are determined by the size of the tyre and where it will be used with estimated amounts listed here per group of vehicles. 

Yes! It will even work in the lowly wheelbarrow. Wheelbarrow tyres live in the garden or on site and become sun baked and damaged, cracking and becoming porous leaking their air.

250ml is sufficient for all standard wheelbarrows although as a slow moving vehicle it can take up to double in puncture-prone areas.

Who needs the headache of a puncture while you’re enjoying your ride in the mountain or out on the road?

125ml required per tyre for your road bike

175ml required per tyre for your mountain bike

250ml required per tyre for super-size mountain bikes

Your All-Terrain Vehicle is always driving in gnarly off-road conditions and you’re usually very far from home when you sustain a puncture. And that goes for when you’re out on the green with your golfclubs or enjoying your quad. Why take the unnecessary risk?

1000ml – 1750ml depending on your tyre sizes.

As there are many variations of tyre types please check your tyre size against our Tyre Chart

Motorcycles don’t come with a spare tyre, so why risk yourself, your bike, and the enjoyment of your ride by unnecessarily sustaining a puncture.

125ml – 250ml for your motorcycle depending on your tyre sizes.

As there are many variations of tyre types please check your tyre size against our Tyre Chart

Most people commute to work, home, the store, to friends and other various outings every day, so why not give more thought to the Four tyres between you and the road, that are carrying you to those places?

250ml – 375ml needed depending on your tyre sizes

As there are many variations of tyre types please check your tyre size against our Tyre Chart

Your bakkie or Van is most probably your work horse and is driving all day long. Why put your driver and cargo at risk from a puncture?

375ml – 500ml needed depending on your tyre sizes

As there are many variations of tyre types please check your tyre size against our Tyre Chart

A happy client of ours had to take an extra 3 spare tyres on their 4×4 trips as punctures were always a problem. Now they don’t take any and enjoy the extra space and peace of mind Armour Tyre Sealant gives them.

500ml – 750ml for off-road conditions depending on your tyre sizes.

As there are many variations of tyre types please check your tyre size against our Tyre Chart

Don’t go on those long trips without protecting your trailer tyres against punctures!

250ml – 500ml needed depending on your tyre sizes

As there are many variations of tyre types please check your tyre size against our Tyre Chart

Commercial industries rely greatly on their tyres and understand the importance to their profitability and successful operations.

We supply Fleets/Road Haulage Industry, Waste Management, Mining, Agriculture, Engineering, Tour Operators, Buses etc. to help them eliminate and offset transportation pain point costs.

Commercial clients are often able to offset the cost of the sealant and still achieve massive additional savings to their bottom line due to their aggressive working conditions and high mileage.

Savings of even a few percent on annual fuel and tyre expenses alone will be an attractive and irresistible offering while also providing safety to your fleets by eliminating punctures and roadside downtime.

We have reserved strong and attractive volume-based discounts and would like to facilitate a free costing process for you to evaluate.

Please contact us directly for assistance at Info@ArmourSealant.com or call +27 87 997 0 997

Our Guarantee To You: Armour Tyre Sealant will not separate or harden, is water-soluble, safe for you and for the environment, with no shelf-life and will last the life of your Tyre. It will seal punctures up to 15mm in size, and up to 95% in Tubeless Tyres and 75% in Tubed Tyres.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes.

It will form a permanent plug.

Yes.

In respect of full disclosure, vehicles that have tyres that are not fully balanced or incorrectly balanced may result in a small vibration at certain speeds (above 80km/h) due to adding sealant to the tyres.

Vibration in a vehicle can be caused by a number of things such as bad shocks, loose control arms, worn tie rods and bad wheel bearings and abnormal tire wear (cupping, scalloping, feathering) from an out-of-alignment or damaged suspension system.

After installation, you might assume the sealant caused the vibration but it may have simply been made more noticeable by one of the above conditions.

For many customers, this is not a deterrent, as they believe that the benefits of eliminating punctures, alongside a dangerous road, improving fuel consumption and extending tyre life far outweigh the possibility of a little vibration at certain speeds (not always).

It’s also VERY important that you put the exact same amount of sealant in all four tyres to reduce the risk of vibration.

Let’s break this down so you can evaluate and make a decision if you value these benefits:

Motorists who find they get a small vibration window between, let’s say 120 and 125 km/h and disappear thereafter (typically higher speeds beyond 80 km/h) simply don’t travel consistently at those speeds (with or without sealant.)

As our one of our loyal return customers says, “Yes, I get a little vibration at certain speeds, so I just don’t cruise at those speeds!”

Yes.

Armour Tyre Sealant prevents leaks and pressure loss. A pressure drop of just 0.5 Bar (0.05 MPa, 7.3 PSI) increases rolling resistance by 15%, which determines an increase of fuel consumption in the range of 2-5% in vehicles.

All vehicles with tyres on a surface experience rolling resistance which is the combined friction force that holds back a vehicle from moving forward.  Your engine consumes energy and fuel to overcome this friction and move you forward. Underinflated tyres have a deformed profile and therefore create additional friction on the road surface that causes the engine to work harder and consume more energy or fuel.  The deformed shape also rapidly wears the tyre unevenly losing as much as 30% of your tyre life.

No.

A special rust inhibitor is added to our sealant which will actually protect your rims from rusting.

Yes.

Install Armour Sealant into the punctured tyre, reinflate, then drive a few metres so the sealant can get to the punctured hole to permanently seal it. You might need to top up your air after.

Yes.

Only 19% of consumers properly check and inflate their tyres, according to the National High Traffic Safety Administration.  Consequently, one in four (25%) cars has a tyre that is significantly underinflated, says the agency. This not only means heat can build up in the tyre, risking failure and additional tyre wear, but underinflation can hurt fuel economy.

We applaud you if you are checking tyre pressures but unfortunately, there is an error-prone exercise:

  1. Many motorists check their tyre pressure while filling up for fuel which likely means their tyres are hot and air expands meaning your tyres now have the incorrect tyre pressure.  Just 10 degrees Celsius change translates to 0.345 bar pressure loss. It is very inconvenient to check tyre pressure early and before you have driven while your tyres are cold.
  2. In our survey of air filling devices at petrol stations, we found that tyre gauges are poorly maintained and handled resulting in uncalibrated and incorrect amounts between each air pump.  Again, this means your good efforts are wasted.
  3. Many motorists confirm that when checking their tyre pressure they will find that one or more tyres will be out even if checked recently.  This logically means that some of your tyres are losing pressure faster than others.  This likely means a slow puncture in the tread wall, a rim leak or a faulty valve.  The moment you drive out of the filling station you are already running underinflated costing you.

Installing Armour Sealant means that you can confirm the ideal pressure and seal the air leaks all at the optimum temperature and then just provide checkups when you can.  All the “pressure” is off you while ensuring you  keep running costs down.

 

 

 

Yes for Indirect TPMS and maybe for Direct TPMS.

You will need to identify what you have and what your objective is.

Most owners of TPMS have them because they are mandatory in some countries due to the TREAD Act or because they heard it was a great idea to make sure they never get a puncture.

A TPMS (Tyre Pressure Monitoring System) reports back to the driver if their tyre pressure is low.  Unfortunately, the design is a bit questionable as the majority of TPMS only notifies the driver when the tyre pressure drops below 25% of the recommended inflation. We do NOT agree with a strategy that allows you to drive with up to four tyres that might be 24% below recommended pressure – it’s a false security blanket and a high risk of a potential accident

Additionally, many customers report that their TPMS provides false reports due to temperature changes or when calibration is off.  This also occurs when the batteries go flat and replacing them is an expensive process as some require new TPMS as the batteries are hard-mouled into the device.  New dealer TPMS may cost anywhere from R1000 ($60) upwards per sensor

Some of our customers, that had incompatible TPMS, have felt that their TPMS was not providing the original reason for them in the first place – to eliminate the risk of punctures – which it does not and rather had them removed and replaced with normal valves and rather relied on our sealants.  It’s your call but know the facts.

This is why more than ever you need additional backup in the form of Armour Tyre Sealant. 

Unfortunately, TPMS means you may have to do some workarounds:

There are TWO main categories of TPMS:

Indirect TPMS

These systems work by using the vehicle’s Antilock Braking System (ABS). The ABS monitors the wheel speed and it reports any variation back to an indicator inside the driver’s cabin.  

Installation:

This TPMS type does not need additional devices to be mounted on the wheels as it works with the ABS monitor.  So the tyre valve is standard and you can still install the tyre sealant with the standard procedure.

Direct TPMS

These systems are the most common with the sensors mounted onto the rims. Many designs actually replace the air valve housing with the TPMS unit which has an electronic transmitter inside that measure the air pressure and communicates to a panel or receiver inside the driver’s cabin.

When inflating the tyre or adding sealant through the valve stem with some indirect TPMS the sealant now has to go through the TPMS housing.  The channel is smaller and the sealant may block the TPMS. 

Installation:

To install the sealant please visit a tyre fitment centre that can deflate your tyre and insert the sealant directly into the tyre via the rim and bead.

 

Armour Tyre Sealant will last the legal life of the tyre, has no shelf life and will not harden or separate in a sealed container.

Yes!
Different tyre sizes need different amounts of sealant. Bigger tyres will obviously need more sealant than smaller tyres. Armour Tyre Sealant needs to spread evenly on the inside of the tyre in order to work effectively.

It’s also important that you put exactly the same amount of sealant in all four tyres to reduce the risk of vibration.

No.

Unless you have a slow-moving vehicle such as a tractor never accept advice that offers to repair sidewall damage. 

Sidewall damage affects the structural integrity of the tyre and if repaired it could experience a blowout at high speed involving you in a life-threatening situation.

Tyre manufacturers suggest replacing a tyre with sidewall damage for your own safety so it’s best to visit an approved tyre repair workshop and have them assess the tyre for structural integrity.

Also, the sealant needs to be able to reach the puncture wound in order to seal it and that may not be the case on sidewalls.

We have had reports of clients in an emergency removing the tyre, laying it on its side and allowing the sealant to reach the sidewall in order to provide an emergency plug that could get them, at a slow speed, to a repair shop and safety.

Tyres typically lose up to 2% of their air pressure every month through the porosity of the tyre and much more if there is a slow leak. A tyre that is underinflated by 20% can exhibit irregular wear and reduce tyre life by up to 30%.

Mismatches between identical tyres can be caused by differences in air pressure. Variances as small as 0.34 Bar (5 psi) can cause the tires to be mismatched. This type of mismatch can occur even when the tyre make, model, tread depth and diameter are identical.

Yes.

There’s no problem using nitrogen and Armour Sealant together. Installation is the same. Deflate tyre partially, then reinflate with nitrogen (if you are so inclined).

Yes, it’s ideal as it saves you more.

Run flats are designed to allow you to drive for up to 80 kilometres at 80 km/h after getting a flat.  Many report that they chose run-flats to offset the threat of punctures or that they came with a new car. As they are 50 to 200% more expensive than regular tyres.  Once you have a run flat puncture it typically ruins the tyre and it needs to be replaced turning a mere puncture into a very expensive event.  Installing Armour Sealant works collaboratively with your run flats but prevents you from having a puncture in the first place and therefore protects your expensive investment for when you really need them.

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