A brake material must ultimately meet the requirements of the vehicle for which it is made. It frequently contains upwards of 20 alternate ingredients and requires several processing steps. It is ...

Temperature, speed, pressure, and vibration can all cause noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH) problems in wheel-end components. Rotors, pads, pins, calipers, bearings, and the like change dimensions ...

To expand its testing capabilities, friction material manufacturer Fras-le North America Inc. has purchased a new brake NVH dynamometer from Link Engineering Company for $1.5 million. Fras-le says it ...

Using a full-scale dynamometer for the testing of friction materials for brake applications is a cost- and time-intensive method as it requires the rotor and brake pads to be in their final form ...

The Technology & Maintenance Council (TMC) of the American Trucking Associations has expanded an industry practice designed to help equipment owners compare the performance of aftermarket brake ...

Link Engineering’s Dual-by-Wire technology for brake test dynamometers permits dual-ended brake testing with nothing but electronic connections between dynamometers. It allows two single-ended ...