DAF CF65, CF75, CF85 Series . Manual - part 933

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General

BRAKING PERFORMANCE AND BRAKE EQUALISATION

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1.5 EC BAND FOR A LADEN TRACTOR/SEMI-TRAILER COMBINATION

The "EC band" indicates the limits within which 
the deceleration value must lie.

The "EC band" applies to:
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tractor with conventional brake system

-

semi-trailer with conventional or EBS brake 
system

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R600881

EBS

EBS

P (bar)

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1.6 EC BAND FOR A LADEN TRUCK/TRAILER COMBINATION

The "EC band" indicates the limits within which 
the deceleration value must lie.

The "EC band" applies to:
-

truck with conventional brake system.

-

trailer with conventional or EBS brake 
system.

Note:
The following applies to mid-axle trailers fitted 
with air brakes:
The permissible ratio between the deceleration 
and the pressure at the yellow coupling head of 
a laden mid-axle trailer with air brakes should be 
within the two areas derived from the EC band 
for a laden truck/trailer combination, for which the 
vertical scale has been multiplied by 0.95.

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P (bar)

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EBS

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2. INSPECTION AND ADJUSTMENT

2.1 CHECKING BRAKING PERFORMANCE ON EBS TRUCK

It is not easy to perform a realistic braking 
deceleration test or braking deceleration 
calculation on a vehicle that is not fully laden and 
is fitted with an EBS system on a test bench.

The reason for this is that the EBS system has its 
own control principle which calculates the 
optimum brake pressure to the front and rear 
axles in relation to the dynamic axle loads.

Note:
The test bench function and deceleration 
measurement can be carried out on a vehicle with 
the EBS system in fully laden state, if desired.

It is however possible to inspect the brake 
performance of the vehicle by means of braking 
force measurements, though only the static 
condition of the brake system can be assessed.

Inspection, brake performance

1.

The brake performance of the vehicle can be 
inspected by placing the fully laden vehicle 
on a test bench and then activating the test 
bench function of the EBS system.

2.

The braking forces must be measured on a 
brake system with warm brakes 
(temperature under normal operating 
conditions).

3.

The braking forces cannot be evaluated until 
the brake lining has bedded in.

4.

The braking forces must be measured in 
relation to the pressure in the brake cylinder.

5.

Based on the relevant graph (see "Technical 
data"), determine whether the braking 
performance is correct. An example is used 
to explain how the measured braking 
performance should be evaluated.

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The braking forces are increased, from 2 bar, 
in increments of 0.5 bar, until the rolling bench 
turns off. This yields several points that 
are plotted out in the graph; when the dots are 
connected, a line such as line (1) results. 
If this line (1) is equal to or above the reference 
line, the measured braking performance is 
correct. If the line is below the reference line, 
such as example line (2), the measured braking 
performance is not correct and the mechanical 
condition of the basic braking system must be 
inspected.

Activating test bench function on EBS truck
In the test bench function, the EBS control 
function is switched off and a switchover is made 
to a test function with accompanying curve.

In this test function, it is possible to inspect the 
brake performance.

Test function curve
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The output pressures to the front axle and 
rear axle are those as with a fully laden 
vehicle.

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The pressure ratio control between front and 
rear axles is not active (pressure ratio 1:1).

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The command pressure to the drawn vehicle 
has a reading in the middle of the EC brake 
band.

-

The brake functions such as deceleration 
control, wheel slip control etc. are switched 
off.

Condition for being able to activate the test 
function
At least one of the axles must have a wheel 
speed lower than 2 km/h. On all other axles, 
the wheel speed must be lower than 12 km/h.

Note:
This means that both on a vehicle which has not 
been on the test bench (stationary vehicle) and 
on a vehicle that has been on the test bench, 
the test function can be activated.

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R600883

235/75R17,5

P (bar)

F (N)

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