ABC Technology Benefits

ABC Brakes releases a white paper on the benefits of the internal air seal. Learn more about why this seal is do important to the life of your spring brake actuator. 

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ABC Brakes e•STROKE® is a comprehensive Electronic Brake Monitoring System. This system utilizes vehicles speed, brake application pressure and the brake actuators piston-rod travel measurement to determine the condition of the air brake system.

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The Coronavirus has crippled many businesses but the transportation industry continues to work hard supplying goods worldwide. Many businesses have been deemed non-essential, thus being forced to shut their doors, yet the transportation industry has stayed open to keep essentials moving; shipping much needed medical supplies and keeping the grocery stores stocked of everyday items that we take for granted.

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Road calls, tow trucks, door traffic and out-of-service issues can kill any maintenance budget. Air leaks that prevent brakes from releasing are all too often a common occurrence on vehicles equipped with air brakes. The brake chambers could be the culprit of this costly situation. Learn the value of a piston brake chamber.

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Since 1956, ABC Brakes has been the leader in specialty brake chambers. Our first brake chamber was designed out of sheer necessity, when heavy, over-the-road vehicles, lacking a reliable air brake system safety device, experienced air system failures that occasionally resulted in a runaway vehicle.  As an industry leader, ABC Brakes develops actuators designed to address the operational requirements of all segments of the transportation industry; from over-the-road long haul trucking, to the rigors of vocational fleet operations, to the demands of the transit industry and the U.S. military tactical wheeled vehicles.

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The ABC breather tube technology was first introduced in the mid-1980’s on piston brakes in Europe and was eventually adapted for the North American market to enhance ABC’s spring brake technology. The breather tube, also sometimes referred to as a vent tube, has been an integral part of ABC’s spring brake offering; providing decades of effective spring side protection from external contaminants and premature power (emergency) spring failure.

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ABC offers insight on the benefits of Air Disc Brakes.

The North American commercial vehicle industry has been steadily transitioning to the use of Air Disc Brakes (ADB) for many years and the presence of ADB systems in virtually every market segment certainly cannot be ignored. While traditional S-Cam air brake systems have been reliable and effective in many ways, there are distinct advantages of Air Disc Brakes over S-Cam.

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ABC offers insight on their "3036 Long Stroke Brake".

Commercial vehicle air brake systems require optimal performance from all components to ensure safe and reliable operation. Typical heavy duty applications use Type 30/30 standard stroke double diaphragm actuators for service and parking brake functions. Type 30/36 long stroke actuators offer unique advantages for heavy duty drum brake applications.

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ABC offers insight on their "Corrosion Fighter Technology".

With their design updates and using Corrosion Fighter technology, brake chamber failure issues due to corrosion of the power spring have declined dramatically. This along with the ABC Brakes products that utilize corrosion resistant materials such as aluminum, epoxy coating and clear trivalent chromate makes these chambers the most durable chambers in the heavy duty commercial vehicle industry.

Corrosion Fighter technology is a standard feature on all TR-type 30 spring side model chambers.

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The Hendrickson Intraax and Vantraax trailer suspensions have caused a unique situation in the aftermarket for the replacement of brake chambers. Brake chamber replacement in the typical aftermarket application uses the universal 8-inch threaded rod chamber. However, the Intraax and Vantraax suspensions call for a brake chamber with a rod length of 11.10-inches at the y-dimension. The y-dimension is a measurement taken from the bottom of the NPC to the center line of the yoke pin.

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ABC offers insight into the benefits of utilizing a welded yoke clevis. This paper gives the history and benefits of the welded yoke clevis.

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Most of today’s large over-the-road commercial vehicles (trucks, trailers, buses, and vocational vehicles) utilize air brake systems to provide vehicle braking, as opposed to passenger cars which utilize hydraulic braking. Air brake systems have proven to be quite capable in providing the brake forces required, in order to safely decelerate and stop large vehicles in both on road and off road applications. That being said, there are unique maintenance and inspection requirements for air brake systems that must be regularly and properly completed, in order to maintain the vehicles brake system integrity and overall braking capability.

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