GOTHENBURG, Sweden — SKF and Haldex Group have announced plans to jointly develop an advanced wheel end system for commercial vehicles, trucks, buses and trailers. The system will be based on Haldex’s new generation of disc brakes with a fixed caliper dual disc concept and SKF truck hub, bearing and sealing technology.
According to the two companies, by integrating Haldex’s dual disc braking system into SKF’s hub unit technology, a much more compact and efficient product can be created – offering great potential to improve safety, performance and optimizing vehicle design. This product concept will also give vehicle builders ability to optimizing installation space requirements in the future, the two groups said.
The two companies said fleet operators can benefit from longer brake service life time and increased uptime, higher performance in combination with reduced vehicle weight and the potential for increasing payload capacity. The system is also designed to offer easier brake maintenance and replacement, according to SKF and Haldex.
The companies said they will continue to refine the system this year and plan to begin working with interested customers.
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