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Home » Uncategorized » Meritor Announces Hydraulic Option for all ELSA Disc Brakes
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Meritor Announces Hydraulic Option for all ELSA Disc Brakes

Ben NussbaumBy Ben NussbaumSeptember 19, 2018Updated:December 17, 2018No Comments2 Mins Read
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Meritor, Inc. today announced  that optional hydraulic actuation is available on all ELSA® disc brakes for applications requiring hydraulic disc brake variants.

Built with a modular design, the mechanical, pneumatically operated brake housing of the current range is replaced by a hydraulic single or twin piston variant. The bridge, carrier and slide pin arrangements remain common for pneumatic and hydraulic variants. Pads can also be common and will be available in pad areas from 107-226 square centimetres. The new option covers brakes for wheels between 17.5 and 25 inches. Rotor diameter varies from 324 mm to 500 mm.

“The hydraulic variant supports current applications and specialty applications as well as eMobility vehicles where the industry’s dependence on pneumatic systems has been reduced to a point where it becomes advantageous to work with hydraulic systems,” said Tony Nicol, vice president, Front & Rear Drivetrain,Europe for Meritor.

As with all ELSA products, the hydraulic variant can be readily manufactured for all global regions to support OE product development and localization initiatives.

“Manufacturers can now readily install a pneumatic or hydraulic ELSA brake on the same wheel-end arrangement to reduce production complexity, tooling and engineering development costs,” Nicol said. “Due to common components, end-users benefit from a high commonality of component and service kits.”

Source: Meritor

Ben Nussbaum
Ben Nussbaum

Ben Nussbaum, Chief Content Officer of The Brake Report, has more than 20 years experience in publishing. He was the founding editor for USA Today's line of special interest magazines and the founding editor for i5 Publishing's newsstand one-off magazine program. He lives outside Washington, D.C. Email him at [email protected]

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