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Lubricants and Fluids

11.02.2023
Internal combustion engines make it possible to transform the energy generated by combustion into mechanical work. To produce movement, they have a large number of moving parts subjected to high loads and temperatures.
During operation, the moving parts rub against each other. This friction generates heat and causes wear in the components, leading to excessive play, breakages or even seizures between them.
To prevent this, lubrication systems are used in the engine, creating a fi lm between the moving components that reduces the friction and the prob-lems it can generate. The fl uid used for lubrication is engine oil.
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Ride Control: Tires

11.02.2023
The tyre is a component with a toroidal shape and made from rubber, which is used on the wheels of a variety of vehicles and machinery. It consists of a mainly rubber covering containing air which supports the vehicle and its load.
Today, most passenger vehicle tyres, as well as those on lorries, are radials and therefore composed of an elastic tyre tread, a practically inextensible belt and a radially oriented arch structure over an inflated membrane and some beads, also inextensible, which are coupled to another rigid element which is the rim. There is another type of tyre known as the diagonal or bias-ply tyre, used mainly in lorries.
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Ride Control: Braking

11.02.2023
The braking system is the set of components whose function is to reduce the speed of a moving vehicle or stop it in a stable, quick and effective way, or to keep it stationary if it has already been stopped.
The braking effect involves converting kinetic energy into heat energy. In vehicles, a fixed surface is applied (pads or shoes) against another moving surface (disc or drum). The friction between these two surfaces restrains the rotation of the moving part, and converts the movement’s kinetic energy into heat and dissipates it into the atmosphere by radiation.
If the heat generated during braking is not dissipated effectively, the braking devices (fluid and pads/discs or shoes/drum) suffer thermal stress which reduces their effectiveness, the braking effect fades and the braking distance increases.
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Ride Control: Suspension

11.02.2023
THE SUSPENSION SYSTEM FORMS PART OF THE VEHICLE’S ACTIVE SAFETY. IT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THE COMFORT OF THE OCCUPANTS BY PREVENTING OSCILLATIONS IN THE GROUND BEING TRANSMITTED TO THE BODY. IT ALSO ENSURES THAT THE WHEELS REMAIN IN CONTACT WITH THE GROUND SO DYNAMIC CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE CAN BE MAINTAINED.
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Climate Control

11.02.2023
THE SYSTEMS USED IN A CAR TO RAISE OR LOWER THE TEMPERATURE IN THE PASSENGER CABIN ARE BASED ON HEAT TRANS-MISSION BY MEANS OF HEAT EXCHANGERS, WHICH ARE CROSSED BY FRESH OR RECIRCULATED AIR BEFORE PASSING TO THE PASSENGER CABIN THROUGH ITS DUCTS.
THE REACTION TIME OF A DRIVER DEPENDS ON HIS OR HER COMFORT LEVEL, ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL FACTORS IN THIS RESPECT IS BODY TEMPERATURE.
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