Cabin Dampers
More comfort for the driver
Key Facts
What can Cabin Dampers provide?
Details
Task
Product range
CDC® - Continuous Damping Control
CDC eliminates the trade-off between comfort and stability in the cabin across various driving scenarios, such as accelerating, braking, cornering, and more. The damping forces are adjusted to the optimum level within milliseconds on the basis of data provided by the vehicle‘s sensors.
At straight roads the system reduces damping forces to make cabin suspension soft and comfortable. As soon as excitation of the cabin changes due to lane changes, braking maneuvers, or gear shifts, CDC® helps keep the cabin stable by increasing damping forces. The system also contributes to fuel efficiency by enabling shorter gear-shifting times and reducing tractive force interruption without compromising ride comfort, e.g. due to stronger cabin pitch.
ZF provides tailored solutions for any driver’s cab, regardless of type, size, or equipment. From medium and heavy trucks to off-road and agricultural machinery, the range meets every application need.
Advantages:
- Stability even in challenging driving situations
- Better handling during dynamic driving maneuvers
- Improved comfort for driver
Better protection of vehicle body and cargo
Smart system with optimum cost-benefit-ratio
- Road proven system
Air Spring Module
The air spring module is used for driver cabs with high comfort requirements and for trucks, tractors, construction vehicles, and special vehicles.
Advantages:
- Ride height control with different cabin equipment/loading
- Constant, comfortable characteristic frequency
- Increased ride comfort
- Small installation space required
CALM® - Cabin Air Leveling Module
CALM® is used in all types of air spring cabins that require high comfort levels and are subject to a wide range of different load conditions. Areas of application include trucks, agricultural tractors, construction vehicles, and special vehicles.
Advantages:
- Damping and air suspension with integrated height leveling
- Low susceptibility of the height leveling to external influences such as dirt and damage
- Modular design
- Smaller installation space required
- No adjusting during assembly
- Fewer individual components
Vario damper - Stroke-dependent damping
Control grooves in the cylinder tube, which create a hydraulic bypass, are used to implement stroke-dependent damping. The hydraulic bypass works on the piston valve. It is mechanically formed in the cylinder tube of the shock absorber.The piston travels over the control groove depending on the shock absorber position and stroke. When oil flows over the groove, hydraulic resistance is reduced and therefore the damping force as well. The damping forces are significantly higher outside the grooves – for even more driving safety.Careful design of the transition profile between the groove and the smooth part of the cylinder prevents abrupt changes in vehicle damping.
Advantages:
- Enhanced comfort
- Economical
- Integration into standard shock absorbers possible
- Can replace existing shock absorbers
- No control elements needed
