ABT board to push on with commercialisation after long development and testing period
July 20, 2012
An Australian truck brake innovation has finally been given the green light to go into production.
After four years of development costing more than $4 million Advanced Braking Technology’s (ABT)
Sealed Integrated Braking System (SIBS) for garbage trucks will go ahead.
“This important decision by the board to proceed to commercialisation of the SIBS garbage truck brake will broaden the company’s product offering to the attractive, and importantly, recession-tolerant, global waste disposal market,” ABT CEO Ken Johnsen says.
“Sales of the SIBS garbage truck brake will augment the company’s sales into the mining market this financial year, and have the potential to eventually become the major revenue stream for the company.”
Testing has confirmed that the innovation eliminates fine particulate emissions, due to the sealed housing, and brake squeal common on waste collection vehicles, the firm says.
“A major achievement in recent weeks, leading up to the board’s decision, was completion of testing confirming that the new braking system can be integrated with a standard ABS ‘anti-skid’ brake control system,” it adds.
This allows the company to offer the new brake on new truck sales that are fitted with ABS, as well as retrofitted on vehicles, both with or without ABS.
