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4 unusual facts about brake


Brake, Lower Saxony

In 1996, the whole training operation moved to the newly built Navy Technical School in Parow, which since then has come to include all the Navy's technical units up to ship's safety technicians (Neustadt/Holst) and the Navy Operations School (Bremerhaven).

Lippe-Brake

It was created in 1613 following the death of Count Simon VI of Lippe with his realm being split between his three sons with his second son Otto receiving the territory of Lippe-Brake.

Shooting-brake

In 1999, Popular Mechanics presented a 2001 Jaguar five-door wagon variant of its S-Type, saying the term shooting-brake was interchangeable with station wagon.

Trailer Connector

Another feature the connector offers is feedback from the trailer to the towing vehicle, from being as simple as a fault indication for ABS brakes to advanced command, monitor and control using CAN bus for EBS brakes.


Air brake

Railway air brake, a type of brake operated by compressed air and used on locomotives and railroad cars

Aldenham Works

The vehicle would have its body removed from the chassis, and then the running units such as brake system, axles, springs and other safety critical parts apart from the engine and gearbox would be removed from the chassis and would be inspected and, if needed, overhauled (at Chiswick works).

Anti-lock braking system

; Valves: There is a valve in the brake line of each brake controlled by the ABS.

Aprilia Tuono

Specs included Öhlins Racing suspension, OZ forged alloy wheels, Brembo 4-pad brake calipers and an Aprilia Racing titanium exhaust system with matching EEPROM.

Brake fluid

For example, most brake fluid sold in North America is classified by the US Department of Transportation (DOT) under its own ratings such as "DOT 3" and "DOT 4".

Brake Gangwayed

The Brake Gangwayed or BG coach (also known as a Full Brake) is a type of British Railways Mark 1 passenger brake van.

Coaches of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway

Graham Farish (Bachmann ownership) modelled P3 57' varieties, brake first, vestibule first, composite vesitbule, corridor third, vesitbule third and brake third.

Colin Brake

Brake followed Escape Velocity with the Past Doctor Adventure The Colony of Lies in July 2003, and then with the audio adventure Three's a Crowd from Big Finish Productions in 2005.

Brake began working on EastEnders in 1985 as a writer and script editor, being partly responsible for the introduction of the soap's first Asian characters Saeed and Naima Jeffery.

Disc brake

The first caliper-type automobile disc brake was patented by Frederick William Lanchester in his Birmingham factory in 1902 and used successfully on Lanchester cars.

Ducati Hypermotard

The more expensive 1100S featured a durable low friction diamond-like carbon (DLC) black coating to the front fork sliders, an Öhlins remote reservoir rear shock, the same Brembo Monobloc brake calipers used on the 1098, lighter forged aluminium Marchesini wheels with a red pin-stripe, Pirelli tires, plus carbon fibre fork protectors, timing belt covers, front mudguard/ fender and tail/ exhaust side panels.

Elana Meyers

Meyers and brake-woman Katie Eberling placed second at the 2013 FIBT World Championships in St. Moritz .

Erin Pac

Pac and brake-woman Elana Meyers won the bronze medal in the Two-Woman Bobsled Event on February 24, 2010.

Heberlein brake

This causes the brake clips to be applied on individual wagons, assisted by a servo system which makes use of the rotation of the axle.

Honda ns 125

The NS was Honda's first attempt at the high end 125cc sports bike market in Italy; therefore it was built in Atessa, Italy and many of the parts used were made by well known Italian brands such as Dell'Orto for the carburetor, Marzocchi forks and single rear shock and Grimeca wheels and front disk brake.

Iso Grifo

In 1964 the prototype Grifo A3/C raced at Le Mans (Edgar Berney/Pierre Noblet), running well until brake problems required a two hour pit stop.

Jonathan Legear

On 7 October 2012, Legear was involved in a car accident, where he crashed his car inside an Esso gas station located in Tongeren, having mistaken the accelerator pedal for the brake.

Lotus 23

The front suspension was a typical double wishbone arms with outboard coil/damper unit using the Triumph upright made by Alford & Alder, Triumph Herald rack and pinion steering, and outboard Girling non-ventilated disc brake.

M11 motorway

In June 2002, a brake failure on an Aero L-39 Albatross landing at the Imperial War Museum's Duxford Aerodrome caused the plane to run off the end of the runway and down the embankment on to the motorway.

Mercer Union

The artist's “Shared Propulsion Car,” an old Buick stripped of its engine and interior, and then outfitted with a four-seat bicycle pedal and brake system, was confiscated by Toronto police after gallery staff took it for ride on Queen Street West.

Morgan Brake National Wildlife Refuge

Morgan Brake National Wildlife Refuge is one of seven refuges in the Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge Complex.

Myers Motors NmG

Accessories: this includes cigarette lighter outlet, radio/CD player, ignition switch, cabin fan and heater, speedometer, horn, turn signals, automotive lighting (headlamps, taillamps and backup lamps), door switch, seat belt, brake alarms, power windows and windshield wiper.

New York Air Brake

By 1990, New York Air Brake had furnished $100 million worth of equipment for more than half of New York City's subway cars before NYAB's Transit Division was established as the Knorr Brake Company and moved to Westminster, Maryland.

The new company erected ten new buildings on Beebee Island and nearby shores just in time for a booming brake market driven by an 1893 law mandating standardized brakes for all railroad cars.

Nottingham Corporation Tramways

The second batch, numbered 146 to 155, had similar bodies built by the Brush Electrical Engineering Company Limited of Loughborough, mounted on Brush-built P.22 trucks and with identical equipment to the U.E.C. cars, except for 146, which had a B.T.H electromagnetic brake instead of the air slipper type.

PlayStation 3 accessories

Other wheels include the Fanatec Porsche 911 Turbo S Racing Wheel, which features force feedback, 6 gear stick shifter and 3 pedals(Gas/Brake/Clutch).

Pol-Mot

Among them are 5 car dealers (makes: Fiat, Iveco, Piaggio, Skoda, MG, Rover), 5 agricultural machinery factories cooperating with Indian Escorts, Swedish Alfa-Laval Agri, Dutch Netagco, and 2 automotive components factories (mechanical car jacks, electrical harnesses, brake & washer fluid reservoirs).

Road of Weser Renaissance

Some of the most striking of the many sights along this route are the castles of Hämelschenburg, Bückeburg, Detmold, Brake, Neuhaus, Bevern, Stadthagen, Celle and Hann. Münden.

Samuel Meston

After leaving full-time football, he worked as a brake-fitter at the Eastleigh railway depot.

São Paulo Railway

At each section the wagons were attached to a steel wire rope with the help of a special fitted brake van called Serrabreque (transl.: Hill Brake).

Serbia men's national water polo team European Championships overview

Ivan Buljubašić interrupted a large series of "dolphins" with his first goal in a match, after which Sukno managed to score a goal and brake in to a half the "-4" backlog.

Track brake

Track brakes are usually operated by a driver’s emergency stop button mounted separately to the normal traction/brake controller, or by the release of the “dead man’s handle”.

Varity

In August 1996, the remaining electrical, brake and Diesel engine divisions of Varity merged with Birmingham UK based Lucas Industries plc (Automotive & Aerospace) to become British-based LucasVarity.

Volkswagenwerk Braunschweig

Until today, only components for vehicles of VW Group (Audi, Škoda, SEAT und Bugatti) are produced, such as running gears, axles, shock absorbers, brake parts and all pedals.

Volvo FE

The brake system for FE is similar to the rest of the FM/FH family of trucks with EBS however a new integrated air dryer system called APM or Air Production Management was introduced.

WABCO

WABCO Automotive Products or WABCO Holdings, Inc. - companies also created from the former Westinghouse Air Brake Company

Wabtec

Wabtec Corporation (derived from Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation) is an American company formed by the merger of the Westinghouse Air Brake Company (WABCO) and MotivePower Industries Corporation in 1999.

Weser

Towns along the Weser, from the confluence of Werra and Fulda to the mouth, include: Hann. Münden, Beverungen, Höxter, Holzminden, Bodenwerder, Hameln, Hessisch Oldendorf, Rinteln, Vlotho, Bad Oeynhausen, Porta Westfalica, Minden, Petershagen, Nienburg, Achim, Bremen, Brake, Nordenham, Bremerhaven.

Westinghouse Air Brake Company

In 1889, the air brake manufacturing facility was moved to Wilmerding, Pennsylvania, and the company's general office building was built there in 1890.

Württemberg T 4

In order to reduce wear and tear on the tyres and brake shoes during descents, the engines were fitted with Riggenbach counterpressure brakes.


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