WABCO Unveils First Stand-alone Parking Brake Control for Trucks and Buses

WABCO Holdings Inc. (NYSE: WBC), a leader in commercial vehicle technology,  has unveiled OnHand™ electro-pneumatic parking brake control for trucks and buses.

It features valve engineering and advanced mechatronics and marks the commercial vehicle industry’s first stand-alone parking brake control and supplies another technological building block toward autonomous driving.

OnHand braking technology provides automatic engage and release functionality. Actuated via a dashboard switch, the control system also checks and validates the safe parking of the truck and trailer combination, including on sloping roads. In addition, OnHand can provide back-up braking in case of electrical service-brake failure in redundant systems for autonomous driving applications.

Using only three internal valves and requiring less pneumatic piping than conventional parking brake controls, OnHand is engineered to increase installation flexibility for vehicle makers, and improve reliability of braking performance. It also enables multiple braking-related options such as Anti-Lock Braking Support during secondary braking and Advanced Hill Start Aid for inclined roads.

Noted Jorge Solis, WABCO President, Truck, Bus and Car Original Equipment Manufacturers Division. “This technology mobilizes vehicle intelligence because it is uniquely independent of the vehicle’s air management system, resulting in easier adaptability for truck and bus platforms globally and higher flexibility for manufacturers to install OnHand.”

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