At the heart of a commercial vehicle’s air brake system is its air compressor, which pressurizes air in the primary and secondary tanks to provide power for the air brakes and other pneumatic systems.

As autonomous technology and electric truck adoption advance, brakes need to change. Autonomous vehicles and battery-electric trucks are no longer figments of engineers’ imaginations. They are poised ...

The electronically controlled braking system (EBS or ECBS), also called electro-pneumatic braking or brake-by-wire, has been waiting in the wings for several years. It’s still back there but, ...

When the brake pedal is pressed, the exhaust passage will be closed and the air intake passage opens and compressed air goes back to the chamber. During the return stroke, the exhaust passage opens ...

There's no more satisfying feeling for a truck driver than the airbrake knob smacking the palm of your hand at the end of a grueling haul, hearing that "pshhh" of the air system and knowing that ...

Air-brake systems are subject to excessive oil contamination. As reliable as they are, vehicle compressors can and do fail. One form of announcing this problem to the diagnostic technician is the ...

Wilmington, Delaware, United States, Transparency Market Research, Inc., Oct. 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The global air brake system market (Markt für Druckluftbremssysteme) was projected to attain ...

US & Canada, Jan. 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- According to a new comprehensive report from The Insight Partners, “the global Heavy Commercial Vehicle Air Brake Systems Market Size and Forecast (2021 ...

While the new emission-compliant diesel engines due out October 1 have absorbed much of the trucking industry's attention, other truck components are getting government attention too. Electronically ...

Depending on the automotive part, air is crucial or crucially harmful. Whereas an engine needs air to function properly, the opposite is true for a car’s braking system. To operate effectively and ...

An air brake or, a compressed air brake system, is a type of friction brake for vehicles in which compressed air pressing on a piston is used to apply the pressure to the brake pad needed to stop the ...