Wabco: Leading commercial vehicle technologies

ZF’s comprehensive WABCO product and service portfolio is designed to maximize vehicle uptime and reduce cost-per-mile at every stage of the service lifecycle. We offer fleets, workshops and distributors a comprehensive range of spare parts, tools, services and digital solutions for commercial vehicles – enabling a safer, greener and leaner transport industry. Breakthrough innovations for advanced driver assistance, braking, stability control, suspension, transmission automation and aerodynamics for the world’s commercial truck, bus, trailer, car and off-highway manufacturers are connected with the brand name Wabco.

The Wabco solutions for the aftermarket are always customer-centric, resource-saving, and cost-effective. When for example commercial vehicles come to the workshop with a defective ABS sensor, a specific version of this part has to be ordered, which may not be in stock at the dealer. A modular ABS sensor concept which counteracts this problem has been developed for independent workshops. Once the modular concept is installed on the vehicle, only the defective component needs to be replaced, which significantly speeds up the repair process, reduces downtime and lowers costs.

TRW: Setting the standards for safety and quality

TRW is the world leader in OE quality automotive safety products and expertise in braking and suspension. TRW branded products cover 98% of the European vehicle parc and are legendary for their engineering quality and innovative design – and being famously well-tested.

More efficient combustion engines, hybrid- or purely electric drives require modular and scalable solutions for the braking system. The TRW-branded Electric Brake Booster (EBB) uses a special electronic system to provide improved brake actuation: replacing the vacuum brake boosters and, if necessary, the vacuum pump with its associated cables, sensors, switches and control units.

With this TRW system, ZF Aftermarket offers a genuine OE innovation at an early stage, which not only meets high comfort requirements and safety standards, but also supports the recovery of braking energy and thus the range of purely electric vehicles. A software function also ensures that the vehicle is held securely in parking mode by the electric parking brake, meaning that a mechanical parking brake can be dispensed with.