You're driving a loaded diesel rig down a mountain pass, foot hovering over the brake pedal, heart racing. How do you slow 20,000 pounds safely without cooking your brakes? Cue the exhaust brake -– ...

The compression brake Caterpillar offers as an option for its C11 and C13 diesels will be available on the C15 this fall, providing up to 600 retarding horsepower-25 per-cent more than what’s ...

If brake-by-wire doesn't sound like a new thing to you, that's because it isn't. So how come everyone is talking about it ...

An introduction to the core principles of braking systems in mechanical design. A high-level introduction to the application of braking systems in machinery and equipment, as well as their relevance ...

One reason that today's vehicles are the safest in history is that, since 1968, all vehicles come equipped with dual brake systems to ensure that if one set of brakes fails, the other set can still ...