The self-retracting tie-down device
The FIXOMETER mounts firmly to a rail or lashing eye, retracts its own strap and is always ready for use — designed in accordance with DIN EN 12195-2.
Market launch in preparation
Why FIXOMETER
If you secure loads every day, you know the drill: the strap sits balled up in a corner, the bungee cord only half holds, and in the end you wind everything up by hand anyway. The FIXOMETER turns that around — it stays mounted and tidies itself away.
How it works
The strap retractor works like a car seat belt — except it holds your load and tidies itself away afterwards.
Pull the strap out of the device and hook it onto the opposite anchor point.
The lock fixes the strap length — the webbing stays exactly where you need it.
Pre-tension by hand. To release, simply unlock — the strap retracts by itself.
The system
The core device stays the same — the adapter family connects it to what your vehicle or workshop already has: airline rails, profile rails, lashing eyes and more.
Place the device, lock it, done — switching between lashing points takes seconds.
For the perforated rails in vans, trailers and campers — insert, twist, done.
For slot and profile systems in vehicle fit-outs — the adapter slides in and locks.
Even without a rail: the adapter attaches directly to the lashing eyes that most vehicles come with as standard.
Joins two devices into one longer run — for when a single strap isn’t enough.
Core device plus adapters — the system is designed to grow with your tasks.
Applications
Wherever light to medium loads need securing again and again, the FIXOMETER plays to its strength: it’s already there when you need it.
Drinks crate, cool box, sports gear: hook in, tension, drive off. And on the roof rack it secures the luggage for your next trip.
If you secure loads ten times a day, loose straps cost you time every single day. Permanently mounted devices on rail and wall turn all that into a few quick moves.
Recurring transports, defined lashing points, many hands: a system that stays mounted is quicker to explain and quicker to use.
Trade · Cost model
Loose straps cost time — on every single trip. Set your own figures: the calculator shows what permanently mounted, self-retracting tie-down devices could save your business over a year.
Model assumption: an average of 2.9 minutes saved per securing operation compared with a loose cam-buckle strap (TRUPE time model: 4.0 → 1.1 minutes — estimates, not a time study; 1×/day = 280 working days). The result is a calculation model, not a promise.
Quality & engineering
We don’t promise anything we can’t back up. These are the figures from design and testing — no more, no less.
The strap retractor and the adapter system are patent pending (European and international respectively). The hook concept is protected by a granted utility model, and FIXOMETER is a registered EU trade mark.
Behind the FIXOMETER stands TRUPE Engineering GmbH — a mechanical engineering firm from Styria with roots in automotive development. Designed, tested and refined ever since the first idea.
Gallery
Product films
The product film: from the first move on the rail to everyday use. 1:57 min, with sound.
Step by step through every function and adapter — the complete instructions. 4:04 min, audio in German.
Questions & answers
The market launch is in preparation — the FIXOMETER is not on sale yet. If you register your interest by email, you’ll be the first to know as soon as things get going.
Prices haven’t been set yet. Before the market launch we deliberately don’t quote figures — what we promise today should still hold true tomorrow.
The system builds on what your vehicle already has: airline rails and profile rails (factory-fitted or retrofitted) as well as the standard lashing eyes in the boot or cargo bay. There are documented adapters for these lashing points — which one fits your vehicle is something we’re happy to sort out by email.
The core device is designed for a lashing capacity of LC 150 daN; some adapters are rated at 100 daN. LC stands for “lashing capacity”; 150 daN corresponds roughly to the weight of 150 kg. It’s intended for light to medium loads such as tool cases, crates and boxes. For heavy loads, the classic heavy-duty lashing strap remains the right tool. Responsibility for load securing always lies with the driver — what counts are the markings on the device and the rules of load securing.
Honest answer: it is designed in accordance with DIN EN 12195-2 and has been through our internal testing — endurance cycles, temperature range, drop test, salt spray test. Independent testing is planned as part of the series production process. It is not yet certified in the legal sense — and that’s exactly how we put it.
To be precise: the strap retractor is the subject of a European patent application, the adapter system of an international one (PCT). The hook concept is a granted utility model, and FIXOMETER is a registered EU trade mark.
TRUPE Engineering GmbH from Kirchberg an der Raab (Styria, Austria) — a mechanical engineering firm with many years of experience in automotive development. Invented and developed by DI (FH) Peter Trummer.
There is a dedicated area with documents for retail, fit-out and industry partners: Partner login. You’ll receive your access code directly from TRUPE Engineering — drop us a line.
Market launch in preparation
The FIXOMETER is developed and tested — now we’re preparing series production. Tell us you want one — and you’ll be among the first to know.
A simple email is all it takes — no form, no account, no newsletter subscription.