MAXXUS Air Disc Brake
High-performance truck air disc brake, designed for North America
Key Facts
What can MAXXUS Air Disc Brake provide?
If you’re interested in maintaining a fleet and increasing uptime, and if you’re interested in safety and performance advantages, and if you’re interested in maximizing the comfort and confidence of drivers, you should be interested in air disc brake (ADB) technology.
Details
MAXXUS
- 5 generations of proven design
- 65% fewer parts compared to double-piston clamping unit design, which reduces complexity and can lead to faster, easier maintenance
- Comparable output force to double-piston technology
- 10% shorter stopping distance capabilities than FMVSS requirement
- Redesigned active taper wear mitigation system ensures even pressure distribution on the brake pad surface resulting in even pad wear
MAXXUS L 2.0
- 4 pounds lighter than competing ADB, means up to 24 pounds per vehicle
- Applicable on more than 90% of standard truck and trailer applications
- Substantially reduced system complexity; up to 50% fewer parts
- Next gen system designed to provide faster serviceability
- Constantly maintains optimal running clearance, even in extreme conditions
- Minimizes the risk of hot runners
- Engineered to ensure even pad wear
Proven Single-Piston Design
- ZF is the pioneer behind single-piston technology. With more than 20 years of innovation and experience in single-piston ADB technology, ZF is the trusted supplier of customers worldwide.
Proven Single-Piston Design Air Disc Brake
Made in the U.S.A.
- In 2017, ZF localized air disc brake production in the U.S. for the first time in its history with a new, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Charleston, South Carolina. The $20 million investment demonstrates ZF’s commitment to meet increasing customer demand, serve the regional market, advance commercial vehicle safety and shape the future of the transportation industry.
