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Watertown’s New York Air Brake building a ‘bridge to future’ in train brake technology | Business
WATERTOWN — A city business will be riding in the forefront of the anticipated growth of the passenger rail system industry in the coming years because of its technological advancement regarding brakes. Watertown-based New York Air Brake along with its sister company, Westminster, Md.-based Knorr Brake Company, have developed the EE-26™ brake system, engineered for …
Brembo Looks to Future of Brake Technology
Brembo isn’t getting out of the brake business, but it does want customers to think about it as more than a company that makes fancy colored calipers. This week, Brembo introduced new products to showcase its change in direction, but CEO Daniele Schillaci says there’s more to the move than the Greentive brake disc, Enesys …
GM Tests Trailer Brake Technology to Let Trucks with Trailers Stop Sooner
General Motors is testing a new trailer-braking system, saying it can reduce stopping distance up to 20 percent or 40 feet, the same stopping distance as a truck by itself at the same gross vehicle weight rating without a trailer. To do this, GM equips both trailer and truck with its eBoost braking system and …
Bloodhound car returns to the track for brake testing
Image copyright BLOODHOUND LSR Image caption The airbrakes are panels that open into the air stream, producing drag to slow the car The Bloodhound supersonic car returned to racing on Wednesday after four days of repairs in the workshop. The vehicle swept down its desert track at 200mph (320km/h) – well short of its current …
Pollution warning over car tyre and brake dust
Image copyright Getty Images Dust from car brakes and tyres will still pollute city air even when the vehicle fleet has gone all-electric, a report has warned. Fragments of microplastics from tyres, road surfaces and brakes will also flow into rivers, and ultimately into the sea, government advisers say. Ministers say they want to pass …
