Air disc brakes (ADBs) offer compelling benefits. They deliver shorter stopping distances and quicker pad replacement. But realizing their full value over time requires deliberate care. A new Bendix ...

New York Air Brake is rebuilding its Watertown manufacturing operation, pivoting to transit parts production years after sending freight train manufacturing to Mexico and cutting more than 100 jobs.

When the brakes are applied, circuits send compressed air from the storage tanks to front and rear service chambers that push the brake shoes into the brake drums, thus slowing down the vehicle. Semis ...