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  2. Brake tester - Wikipedia

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    A third smaller roller, on each side between the driving rollers, has two functions: The first is to detect if a vehicle is present in the roller bed (a built in safety device to prevent the motor from starting up unless a vehicle is in the brake tester), the second function is to detect when and if tyre slippage occurs in order to make the ...

  3. Monark Equipment Corporation - Wikipedia

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    Monark Equipment Corporation is a family-owned Filipino corporation, and is a dealer and importer of heavy equipment and generator sets.It is the exclusive authorized dealer of Caterpillar products in the Philippines and prominently features the Caterpillar logo and the Caterpillar Yellow livery as part of its company logo.

  4. Prony brake - Wikipedia

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    Prony brake dynamometers at a tractor contest in 1910 Schematic of a Prony brake Actual Prony Brake built for testing 5HP Steam Engine. The Prony brake is a simple device invented by Gaspard de Prony in 1821 to measure the torque produced by an engine. The term "brake horsepower" is one measurement of power derived from this method of measuring ...

  5. Brake check - Wikipedia

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    Rear-end collision is a possible outcome from brake checking.. A brake check, also known as a brake test, occurs when a driver deliberately either taps on the brakes several times or slams hard on the pedal when moving in front of another vehicle, with the intention of causing the behind driver to either collide or take evasive action. [1]

  6. Nissin Kogyo - Wikipedia

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    Nissin Kogyo (日信工業株式会社, Nisshin Kōgyō Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese automotive parts brand of vehicle braking systems and aluminium products owned by Hitachi Astemo. The company was founded in 1953 and was listed on the first section Tokyo Stock Exchange until January 2021.

  7. Dynamometer - Wikipedia

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    The hydraulic brake system consists of a hydraulic pump (usually a gear-type pump), a fluid reservoir, and piping between the two parts. Inserted in the piping is an adjustable valve, and between the pump and the valve is a gauge or other means of measuring hydraulic pressure.

  8. Drum brake - Wikipedia

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    Drum brake (upper right) with the drum removed (lower left, inside facing up), on the front of a Ford Falcon Sprint A rear drum brake on a Kawasaki W800 motorcycle. A drum brake is a brake that uses friction caused by a set of shoes or pads that press outward against a rotating bowl-shaped part called a brake drum.

  9. Automotive industry in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Ford's history in the Philippines can be traced back to 1929. Ford Philippines, Inc. (FPI) was established as a subsidiary of the Ford Motor Company in 1967 and began production operations on May 3, 1968. Ford left the market in 1984 due to the local economic recession. The brand came back in 1997 as Ford Group Philippines, Inc. (FGPI).