Within the air brake systems of trucks and trailers, actuators play a vital, but largely unsung, role. Brake actuators are the devices that convert the compressed air force within a truck or trailer's ...

TSE Brakes announced a new smart air brake actuator that can diagnose brake issues in real time, including non-functioning brakes, dragging brakes, overstroke conditions, emergency spring failure, ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Smithereens. That is precisely where you could blow your face to if you make a mistake working on a double-clamp banded spring brake. Good thing they’re not on the market any more, ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio—After three years in the making, TSE Brakes announced the launch of its TSE-Sense Smart Air Brake Actuator during the American Trucking Associations’ Technology & Maintenance Council ...

The technology, known as hydraulic brake-by-wire, removes the mechanical link between the brake system and the brake pedal. The system works by forcing the brake pads against the rotating brake disc ...

However, not all innovations are equal, and nor do they follow a constant upward trend. Instead, their evolution takes the form of an S-shaped curve that reflects their typical lifecycle from early ...

There are only two items on Warn’s classic model 8274 that require service under normal use: the free-spool actuator (aka “clutch” release) and the brake. The free-spool actuator can freeze up over ...

ZF has launched a new brake actuator platform. Using a platform approach for the first time, ZF says its fourth-generation brake actuator technology offers “significant safety and cost efficiency ...

A deep dive into the technological progress of today’s smart valves, bearings, brakes, gearboxes and actuators, and what’s next. A robotic arm with three Ogura spring-applied brakes on the pivot ...