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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. 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]

4. 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 ...

5. Automobile accessory power - Wikipedia

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   The most ubiquitous vacuum-powered accessory is the booster for the power brake system. The vacuum is only an assist and the brakes can still function, requiring greater force, if the booster vacuum is used up. Many older vehicles used vacuum-powered windshield wipers. Loss of manifold vacuum when the engine was working hard, or at wide open ...

6. Category:Vehicle braking technologies - Wikipedia

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   Air brake (road vehicle) Anti-lock braking system; Ausco Lambert disc brake; B. Bicycle brake; Braided stainless steel brake lines; Brake; Brake bleeding; Brake cleaner;

7. 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 ...