Brakes Archives

How to protect your fleet with radar sensors

|Date: March 10, 2025

How to protect your fleet with radar sensors

Back In June 2024 CVW brought you news of Dr Air Brakes’s Reverse Smart, an HGV auto braking safety syste ...

Back In June 2024 CVW brought you news of Dr Air Brakes’s Reverse Smart, an HGV auto braking safety system that promised to put a stop to reversing accidents. Here we get an update of the system’s pro ...

March 10, 2025
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How can you simplify brake testing compliance?

|Date: March 07, 2025

How can you simplify brake testing compliance?

The DVSA’s 2025 updates to HGV brake testing requirements introduce new challenges, but Stuart Window, ge ...

The DVSA’s 2025 updates to HGV brake testing requirements introduce new challenges, but Stuart Window, general manager at Bowmonk, believes it is a chance for workshops to adopt the tools and processe ...

March 07, 2025
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How to spot problems occurring in brake drums

|Date: January 08, 2025

How to spot problems occurring in brake drums

Drum brakes have a tough life so keeping them in good condition is essential. Here, Fras-le offers some g ...

Drum brakes have a tough life so keeping them in good condition is essential. Here, Fras-le offers some guidance to help identify common problems that may occur in brake drums. A regular and thorough ...

January 08, 2025
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How to comply with the ‘meaningful brake test’

|Date: January 02, 2025

How to comply with the ‘meaningful brake test’

This year sees the introduction of the ‘meaningful brake test’. MAHA UK managing director, Neil Ebbs, off ...

This year sees the introduction of the ‘meaningful brake test’. MAHA UK managing director, Neil Ebbs, offers some guidance in complying with the new guidelines. With the impending introduction of the ...

January 02, 2025
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How to conduct a brake decelerometer test

|Date: September 02, 2024

How to conduct a brake decelerometer test

Chris Bailey, Bowmonk-Tapley, walks through the important stages of conducting a brake decelerometer test ...

Chris Bailey, Bowmonk-Tapley, walks through the important stages of conducting a brake decelerometer test. When checking mechanical and operational procedures there is often the risk of performing the ...

September 02, 2024
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Ensuring safety with an in-ground brake tester

|Date: August 30, 2024

Ensuring safety with an in-ground brake tester

To ensure its fleet of vehicles were stopping safely and correctly, Farrall’s Group turned to equipment s ...

To ensure its fleet of vehicles were stopping safely and correctly, Farrall’s Group turned to equipment specialist Totalkare for its in-ground brake tester. CVW gets the lowdown. Leading logistics and ...

August 30, 2024
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How does air dryer filtration work?

|Date: April 30, 2024

How does air dryer filtration work?

The HGV air braking system is a sophisticated piece of engineering, creating crucial stopping power, and ...

The HGV air braking system is a sophisticated piece of engineering, creating crucial stopping power, and improving safety with evenly distributed braking for rigid and articulated vehicles. That syste ...

April 30, 2024
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What to consider when purchasing a brake tester

|Date: April 29, 2024

What to consider when purchasing a brake tester

Thinking of purchasing or upgrading your brake tester? Then MAHA UK has a few suggestions about what to c ...

Thinking of purchasing or upgrading your brake tester? Then MAHA UK has a few suggestions about what to consider. In the fast-paced world of trucks and light commercial vehicles (LCVs), safety is not ...

April 29, 2024
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Why must brake pads and discs be compatible?

|Date: April 26, 2024

Why must brake pads and discs be compatible?

Commercial vehicles experience a wide spectrum of use in service, and this has a direct bearing on the du ...

Commercial vehicles experience a wide spectrum of use in service, and this has a direct bearing on the duty to which their brake system is subjected; and the operating temperatures that are reached. M ...

April 26, 2024
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Brembo introduces its Prime brake pads for CVs

|Date: January 08, 2024

Brembo introduces its Prime brake pads for CVs

CVW talks to braking leader Brembo about how the integrated OE expertise in its newly introduced Prime br ...

CVW talks to braking leader Brembo about how the integrated OE expertise in its newly introduced Prime brake pads pays dividends for CV operators, drivers and workshops. As a long-standing, world-lead ...

January 08, 2024
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