The new Bendix ADB22X-LT – the first Bendix air disc brake engineered specifically for trailers – is now available to the North American commercial vehicle market, the company announced. Bendix ...

Our first tango with disc brakes back in the 1980s didn't go well. What's the euphemism? Ahead of the market. Materials weren't up to the challenge, they were difficult to package, and were generally ...

Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake LLC (BSFB) recently manufactured its 175,000th Bendix ADB22X air disc brake at the company’s wheel-end production facility in Bowling Green KY, which began producing the ...

Cummins MFLEX4 brake pads target mixed fleets by reducing air disc brake pad inventory SKUs without changing service ...

Adoption of air disc brakes for trailers is slowly trending upward as some fleets look beyond the tractor to improve stopping power and enhance safety, industry experts said. Meanwhile, manufacturers ...

Imagine having a brand new truck sidelined during a roadside inspection because the inspector didn't understand what he was looking at . That happened more than once as the first of the ...

Adoption rates for air disc brakes (ADB) have climbed more than 100 percent in the last five years and show no signs of slowing down with penetration reaching 10 percent in 2013 and expected to close ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Belgium-based Wabco Holdings is trying to increase its direct presence in North America’s commercial vehicle market beyond its traditional joint ventures, with the most visible ...

At the 2014 World of Concrete exhibition in Las Vegas, Mack Trucks unveiled an air disc brake option for its vocational truck line. Work truck customers looking for superior stopping performance in ...

The following was published in CCJ's Air Brake Book, 11th edition, sponsored by Silverback HD. CCJ's Air Brake Book is a complementary industry resource, courtesy of our partnership with Silverback HD ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Peterbilt Motors Company announces the standardization of air disc brakes on all Peterbilt Class 8 Models. Air disc brakes offer the shortest stopping distances in ...

Peterbilt will make front-axle air disc brakes standard across its entire Class 8 truck and tractor line, Paccar VP and Peterbilt General Manager Bill Jackson announced March 30 at a truck show in ...