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  2. Air brake (road vehicle) - Wikipedia

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    Truck air-actuated disc brake. An air brake or, more formally, a compressed-air-brake system, is a type of friction brake for vehicles in which compressed air pressing on a piston is used to both release the parking/emergency brakes in order to move the vehicle, and also to apply pressure to the brake pads or brake shoes to slow and stop the vehicle.

  3. Air brake - Wikipedia

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    Air brake (aeronautics), a type of flight control system used on aircraft to reduce speed; On ground vehicles, (more formally, specified as) compressed-air-actuated braking systems: Air brake (road vehicle), friction-mediated type of brake used on large road vehicles in place of hydraulic brakes; Railway air brake (used on both locomotives, and ...

  4. S-cam - Wikipedia

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    The S-cam is generally used in heavy trucking applications or commercial vehicles where an air supply is readily available from the vehicle. 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]

  5. The most (and least) reliable cars of 2023 ranked - AOL

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    As USA Today noted, in general, hybrid cars and midsize and large sedan models from 2000 to 2022 (and a few early 2023 models), are the most reliable vehicles based on Consumer Report’s survey.

  6. List of automobiles known for negative reception - Wikipedia

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    Driving.co.uk ranked it #14 on their list of the 23 ugliest cars ever made, [136] Auto Express ranked it #5 on their list of the ten ugliest cars ever made, [137] and Drive.com.au included in their article on the worst cars of the 20th century, calling it "one of the silliest-looking cars of the century".

  7. Gladhand connector - Wikipedia

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    A pair of gladhand connectors between railroad cars A gladhand connector on a trailer. A gladhand connector or gladhand coupler is an interlocking hose coupling fitted to hoses supplying pressurized air from a tractor unit to air brakes on a semi-trailer, [1] or from a locomotive to railway air brakes on railroad cars. [2]

  8. Knorr-Bremse - Wikipedia

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    Knorr-Bremse AG headquarters today, Munich. Knorr-Bremse AG is a German manufacturer of braking systems for rail and commercial vehicles that has operated since 1905. Other products in the company's portfolio include intelligent door systems, control components, air conditioning systems for rail vehicles, torsional vibration dampers, and transmission control systems for commercial vehicles.

  9. Westinghouse Air Brake Company - Wikipedia

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    Westinghouse Air Brake Company's Rotair Valve [18] The first form of the air brake consisted of an air pump, a main reservoir (pressure vessel), and an engineer's valve on the locomotive, and of a train pipe and brake cylinder on each car. One problem with this first form of the air brake was that braking was applied to the first cars in a ...

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