Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC said components from its comprehensive line of trailer air brake systems have been added to a major food service distributor’s fleet of refrigerated trailers.

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, ...

In countless ways, this hurricane season’s extensive and severe flooding has been devastating for people and property. With truck drivers and the trucking industry so vital to the recovery and ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Truck-and-trailer suspension and axle supplier Hendrickson Trailer Commercial Vehicle Systems launched an air disc brake system for trailers March 26 at the Mid-America Trucking Show ...

One advantage fleets enjoy with air disc brakes is decreased inspection intervals and reduced maintenance costs, with a shorter time required to change out pads ...

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 ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — In an effort to accelerate the penetration of air disc brakes in the North American market, SAF-Holland is addressing one of the most frequently cited excuses to stick with drums ...

Hendrickson Trailer Commercial Vehicle Systems launched a new line of trailer air disc brakes designed specifically for the North American market. According the Perry Bahr, vice president and general ...

As modern air brake systems evolve, workshops are quietly facing an old problem of contamination inside air reservoirs that ...

If there’s one thing on commercial vehicles that operations and maintenance professionals need to understand, it’s braking systems. Not getting a truck to start rolling on time will cause delayed ...

The Mining Safety and Health Administration offers some pretty sobering statistics and investigations. Take one recent incident, for example. A 50-year-old haul truck operator was fatally injured ...

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 ...