ORLANDO – The BRAKE Report recently sat down with Chris McCormick, chief engineer, brake design engineering at ZF’s Active Safety Division in Livonia, Mich. McCormick has worked with the ZF Group and its predecessor companies for more than 30 years…
Source: Brembo DETROIT – Brembo, the world leader in braking technology, and the Ford Performance development team, have engineered a braking system that will provide maximum stopping power for the all-new Ford Mustang Shelby GT500, the most powerful street-legal Ford…
Source: Alcon TAMWORTH, U.K. – Specialist design and state-of-the-art testing regimes are key to producing ultra-high-performance braking systems, according to Alcon. With wide-ranging clients internationally, each with bespoke, specialist requirements, Alcon’s expertise ranges from the production of tiny brake-by-wire controllers…
Source: AP Racing Las Vegas – AP Racing will unveil its six-piston World Mono R road-car calipers at the upcoming SEMA Show in Las Vegas. Manufactured using the same patented design philosophy as the AP Racing’s World Radi-CALTM products, these…
Source: Adventure Rider After the success of the ride-by-wire system implemented in many motorcycle already, motorcycle technology is moving toward electronically assisted – brake-by-wire – systems. The brake-by-wire system, already present on airplanes as assisted mechanism to aid pilots to…
Source: BPI MCHENRY, Ill. –Jake Wegner has been named vice president of sales for Brake Parts Inc LLC (BPI), according to Paul Ferrandino, chief commercial officer for BPI. “Jake is an experienced and innovative sales management executive who will make…
Source: Road & Track Atlanta – One of the most unique things about driving an electric vehicle is regenerative braking, where the electric motors that power the car help to slow it down, charging the car’s battery in the process.…
Source: Knorr-Bremse Munich – An international team of approximately 100 engineers at Knorr-Bremse is working on a major project for a new brake control system for trucks. The result is known as Global Scalable Brake Control – GSBC. Not only…
Source: Alcon Components Limited Staffordshire, England – Alcon have launched a brand new bespoke armored vehicle brake caliper. The new CIR46 has been designed and developed to fit 4×4 and 6×6 type military vehicles operating at 12-25+ ton GVM. Offered…
Source: CNET ROADSHOW Springfield, Mass. – The Indian Motorcycle Manufacturing Company has been around off and on and in various guises since 1901, but its popular Scout line of entry-level bikes didn’t come about until 1920. To celebrate the Scout’s 100th…
DEARBORN, Mich., – Ford Motor Company issued four safety recalls in North America, including one covering brakes in certain 2019 Ford Fiesta cars, in North America. Ford says it is not aware of any accidents or injuries associated with any…
Source: Brake Parts Inc. LLC MCHENRY, Ill. – Brake Parts Inc LLC (BPI) announces Dr. HT Chang, vice president of product development, engineering, R&D and quality, is hosting a technical panel-discussion session during the 37th annual SAE International Brake Colloquium…
You’ve got your iron rotors, your carbon ceramic rotors, and now these: tungsten carbide coated rotors (PSCB), which offer some of the advantages of both. SOURCE: Popular Mechanics The white calipers are a baller move. Porsche’s new Surface Coated Brake…
Braking, wheel, suspension, and engine upgrades inspired by Defender Works V8 Land Rover Classic is introducing a range of upgrades for older Defender models which deliver enhanced performance and on-road agility inspired by the exclusive limited-edition Defender Works V8 –…
Review provided by Pinkbike.com DETROIT, Mich.–While XTR gets a lot of us excited, it’s Shimano’s XT that makes a lot more sense when you do the cost to performance calculation. The Japanese giant released their 12-speed XT M8100 drivetrain a few months…
Weight savings, technology and color highlight new brake package DETROIT, (July 26, 2019) – Brembo, the world leader and acknowledged innovator of brake technology, is the stopping partner of choice for the all-new 2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray. Brembo will supply…
DETROIT, Mich.–Brake World, America’s premier supplier of brake pads, rotors and calipers, has announced that it will accept payments in Bitcoin Diamond (BCD) and six other cryptocurrencies. This new offering will be powered by the Chimpione-commerce platform, which provides merchants…
DETROIT, Mich.–New York will be the home of the ABB FIA Formula E season finale with a doubleheader to run July 13-14 through the streets of Brooklyn, New York. With the backdrop of the Manhattan skyline and the Statue of…
LONDON, U.K.–British automotive technology company Carbon Performance has manufactured a selection of 3D printed brake calipers using its new proprietary automated intelligent platform, SK3L370N. The SK3L370N platform automatically generates environmentally sustainable designs for 3D printed automotive parts using self-taught algorithms. According to Gilbert Peters,…
CAMARILLO, Ca.–Wilwood’s Temperature Strips provide an easy, accurate, and affordable method of recording observed on-track temperatures of brake calipers or other components on a race car. The adhesive-backed strips can be attached to any clean, smooth surface to record peak…
NUREMBERG, Germany–On July 6th and 7th, the motorsport world will eagerly focus on Nuremberg again: For the first time, the new DTM Class 1 race cars with their 610-hp four-cylinder turbo engines will be racing on a city street circuit.…
LONDON–Nothing on the Bloodhound LSR–a project to build a vehicle to break the land speed record, is normal – and the design brief for the disc brakes is no exception. Its primary high-speed braking systems are the air brakes and…
BRAMPTON, Ontario–Ascent Tranz Group, LLC, (the parent company of A-LINE-branded air disc parts) and Max Power Friction, Inc. of Brampton, Ontario have signed an exclusive supply agreement to provide Canadian-made air disc brake pads to the North American air disc…
NEW YORK, NY–KPS Capital Partners (“KPS”) announced today that it has signed a put option agreement to sell its portfolio company Chassis Brakes International Group (“Chassis Brakes” or the “Company”) to Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. (“Hitachi Automotive”), a wholly-owned subsidiary…
DETROIT, Mich.–Sixty-two cars, divided into four different categories, will take the green flag in the 87th edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the world’s greatest endurance race to run at the Circuit de la Sarthe, June 15-16. The…