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2. Air brake (road vehicle) - Wikipedia

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   Air-brake systems may include a wig wag device which deploys to warn the driver if the system air pressure drops too low. Manual wig wag in warning position. This device drops a mechanical arm into view when the pressure in the system drops below the threshold of sufficient pressure to reliably deploy the brakes. [12]

3. Talk:Wig wag (truck braking systems) - Wikipedia

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   It was called a "wig wag" system for the fact two little flags would pop out of the area between the dashboard and front window. These flags then would move back and forth alerting the driver that the air pressure was to low. When the air pressure was above 60lbs, the flags then would be tucked away in their hiding place.

4. Wigwag - Wikipedia

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   Wig wag (washing machines), a solenoid design used in some brands; Wigwag, the Canadian version of the English Curly Wurly bar; Wigwag, a tool used in watchmaking for polishing parts; WigWag, a Nottingham–based website development and communication company; Wig-wag, a tool used to stack sheets of rubber compound into boxes or onto pallets.

5. Fail-safe - Wikipedia

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   Should a brake line split, or a carriage become uncoupled, the air pressure will be lost and the brakes applied, by springs in the case of trucks, or by a local air reservoir in trains. It is impossible to drive a truck with a serious leak in the air brake system. (Trucks may also employ wig wags to indicate low air pressure.)

6. S-cam - Wikipedia

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   It is normally powered by air, but hydraulic power can be used too. The S-cam foundation brake is being used in over 85% of vehicles in the U.S. that run with air brakes. [1] S-cam's are only used with drum brakes because the cam pushes on the brakes which rubs against the rotating drum, and thus slowing the vehicle. [2]

7. ECE Regulation 90 - Wikipedia

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   ECE Regulation 90 (abbreviated "ECE R90") is an ECE Regulation specifying design, construction, and performance requirements and test protocols for replacement brake linings for roadgoing motor vehicles and trailers.

8. What is a WAG? Why people are obsessed with athletes ... - AOL

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   The term WAG, an acronym for wives and girlfriends, is typically used in relation to the high profile women associated with professional athletes. Recently, there seems to be a new addition to the ...

9. Wig-wag (automobile) - Wikipedia

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   A wig-wag is a device for flashing an automobile's headlamps, in its simplest form, so only one of the two headlights operates at a time, with the two flashing at a preset rate. In its traditional form a wig-wag emits the right and left headlamps alternately, with each lamp lit for around half a second at a time.