Axle System with Independent Front Suspension
The smart turn-key solution for truck applications
Key Facts
What can Axle System with Independent Front Suspension provide?
ZF’s new axle system with independent front suspension (IFS) provides truck OEMs the required flexibility to design innovative vehicle concepts. The special low-floor design supports electric vehicle architectures, maximizing space for e-components and batteries, and allowing for ‘direct vision’ cab designs to enhance driver view. Customers can directly benefit from an innovative integrated solution, setting new standards in safety, efficiency, and comfort.
Details
Customer Benefits
- Delivers a complete, go-to-market, front axle system solution simplifying vehicle integration
- Supports electric vehicle architectures by maximizing space for e-components and batteries
- Allows for lower driver’s position helping to improve road visibility and enhance safety
- Supports considerably improved steering precision and vehicle handling
- Lower weight compared to rigid axles with air spring offers increased payload
- Provides a high level of maneuverability, improving vehicle handling
- Provides improved vehicle stability and road safety
- Delivers superior ride comfort for drivers
Features & Capabilities
- Integrates air suspension, shock absorber technology and foundation brake system solutions into one front axle
- Delivers a compact, low-floor axle to enable flexible truck design concepts
- Offers optimized axle and steering motion control
- Eliminates need for anti-roll bars with significantly higher roll stiffness
- Enables steering angle up to 56°significantly improving turning radius
- Provides precise wheel guidance to help eliminate undesired bump and brake steering influence
- Allows for lower unsprung mass compared to rigid axles
- Seamlessly integrates with ZF ReAX Adaptive Steering or Electric Power Steering (EPS)
