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The automotive brake caliper market will be worth $13 billion by 2027;
The automotive brake caliper market revenue is expected to reach $13 billion by 2027, according to new research from Global Market Insights Inc.Automakers making more fuel-efficient vehicles are driving the growth of the brake caliper market over the forecast period. Many brake caliper manufactur...Read more -
How Disc Brakes Work
When the driver steps on the brake pedal, the power is amplified by the brake booster (servo system) and changed into a hydraulic pressure (oil-pressure) by the master cylinder. The pressure reaches the brakes on the wheels via tubing filled with brake oil (brak...Read more -
What is Electronic parking brake?
What is Electronic parking brake? An electronic parking brake (EPB), also known as an electric park brake in North America, is an electronically controlled parking brake, whereby the driver activates the holding mechanism with a button and the brake pads are electrically applied to the rear wheel...Read more -
Electric Park Brake (EPB)
BIT keeps on putting out its seal of quality in the Aftermarket thanks to its revolutionary Electric Park Brake (EPB) portfolio, which is in its fifth generation and covers several important platforms including Renault, Nissan, BMW and Ford. Initially launched in 2001, the BIT Electric Park Brake...Read more -
Electric Parking Brake on the Way to Standard – New Trends
The electric caliper brake includes a carrier to which a pair of pad plates are mounted, a caliper housing which is slidably mounted to the carrier and is provided with a cylinder containing a piston, a spindle unit including a screw which penetrates a rear portion of the cylinder and is configur...Read more -
What are calipers good for?
The brake caliper houses your car’s brake pads and pistons. Its job is to slow the car’s wheels by creating friction with the brake rotors. The brake caliper fits like a clamp on a wheel’s rotor to stop the wheel from turning when you step on the brakes. What happens when a brak...Read more -
What is electronic brake caliper?
Electric Park Brake (EPB) is a caliper with an additional motor (motor on caliper) that operates the parking brake. The EPB system is electronically controlled and consists of the EPB switch, the EPB caliper and the electronic control unit (ECU). The brake piston presses the brake pads onto the b...Read more