exhaust retarder
1Retarder (mechanical engineering) — A retarder is a device used to augment or replace some of the functions of primary friction based braking systems of (usually) heavy vehicles.Friction based braking systems are susceptible to fade when used extensively, and this can become… …
2Engine braking — is where the retarding forces within an engine are used to slow a vehicle down, as opposed to using an external braking mechanism, for example friction brakes or magnetic brakes. The term is often confused with several other types of braking,… …
3Compression release engine brake — Jacobs Engine Brake Division logo. A vie …
4Jake brake — is a trademark for vehicle retarding systems, or engine brakes, developed and manufactured by Jacobs Vehicle Systems, Inc. The trademark JAKE BRAKE should not be used to refer to engine brakes in general. An engine brake is a braking system used… …
5Glossary of rail terminology — Rail transport Operations Track Maintenance High speed Gauge Stations …
6Dynamic braking — Norfolk Southern Unit #5348 with a Dynamic brake. The cooling grill for the brake grid resistors is at the top center of the locomotive. Dynamic braking is the use of the electric traction motors of a railroad vehicle as generators when slowing… …
7Railway air brake — Piping diagram from 1920 of a Westinghouse E T Air Brake system on a locomotive …
8Volvo FE — Infobox Automobile name = Volvo FE manufacturer = Volvo Trucks Corporation parent company = Volvo AB aka = production = assembly = predecessor = FL7 successor = class = Medium body style = COE layout = platform = engine = D7E transmission =… …
9Truck — Lorry redirects here. For other uses, see Lorry (disambiguation) or Truck (disambiguation). North American highway freight rig pulled by a Kenworth tractor. Note the refrigerated trailer and the Conventional ( American ) engine cab style …
10B-1 Lancer — Infobox Aircraft name = B 1 Lancer type = Strategic bomber national origin = United States manufacturer = North American Rockwell Rockwell International Boeing caption = A B 1B Lancer in flight. designer = first flight = 23 December 1974… …
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