Typical, medium-duty, hydraulic brake system with front discs (red circuit) and rear drums (green circuit). Boost, or assist (blue circuit), is provided by an engine-driven pump, although the power ...

Autonomous vehicles and battery-electric trucks are no longer figments of engineers’ imaginations. They are poised to reshape almost everything we know about building and operating heavy trucks — ...

Many of the larger vehicles on our roads have one intriguing thing in common: They can make sudden, loud, gas-escaping hissing noises. These noises, admittedly, have made this writer jump -- on more ...

The emergency and supply lines that stretch between a tractor and trailer offer a colorful reminder that compressed air is the lifeblood of your brake system. The hoses are a respective red and blue, ...

KANANASKIS, Alta. – If you want to get from Point A to Point B, it helps to be able to stop when you get to the final destination. A panel of experts was assembled at the Canadian Transportation ...

instructors with a complete training package. The ultimate target, of course, is a driver who understands the design and function of a truck’s air brake system and uses that knowledge to properly ...

The air-brake system has three sections: the supply portion, the parking brake and the service brakes. The parking brake system has air pressure inside only when the parking brakes are released, while ...

The braking system presented in this paper represents a new and for ward-thinking philosophy regarding commercial vehicle air brake systems. It presents a concept that provides responsive service and ...

Fleetwood Resource Management (FRM) introduced its Air Brake Cooling(ABC) System, a fade-resistant system which, according to the company, “virtually eliminates” one of the biggest problems facing ...