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Press Release New trailer axle with its own drive SAF-HOLLAND expands its product range to include low-maintenance traction help SAF-HOLLAND brings a new traction help on the market for tippers, timber transports, and sliding floor trailers: The mechanically-hydraulically driven trailer axle supports the tractor unit with its own drive on inclines, after or when tipping, and on difficult terrain. The mere 200 kg starting aid requires little maintenance and can be easily retrofitted. A new mechanically-hydraulically driven axle extends the product range of SAF-HOLLAND. Via a switch in the cab, the driver can simply activate the traction help at idle. It assists vehicles that primarily go off-road, up to speeds of 5 km/h when starting from the parked position. “Especially on inclines, when you have to start under load or under difficult, muddy conditions, this extra drive pays off on a daily basis,” says Project Manager Armin Christ. If the tractor unit drives faster than 5 km/h, the system switches to freewheel and the drive is then disabled. An automatic engine shutdown also occurs as soon as the driver engages the clutch or applies the brakes. This shutdown avoids revolving parts while driving so that no additional rolling resistance arises whereby valuable energy is lost. Extreme lightweight SAF-HOLLAND's new drive unit can be mounted in any rigid, disk-braked standard TYPE BI9-19/22" axle with steel rims. It can be retrofitted without much effort, and the tractor units used here must not be elaborately converted as well. At just 200 kg, the new unit is extremely lightweight and one of the lightest traction help systems on the market. The mechanically-hydraulically driven axle is robust and not susceptible to dirt that off-road vehicles come in contact daily in open terrain or on construction sites. The advantage is: Tippers, timber transporters and sliding floor trailers work reliably without requiring additional costly maintenance work and expensive repairs. Market launch in 2015 The traction help receives the necessary driving force by “tapping” the tractor vehicle's own hydraulic system. Two hydraulic circuits not only power the tipping system but the drive as well. An especially developed control block for this application, where all solenoid valves and pressure sensors are already integrated, controls the hydraulics. “At the moment, we are still determining the future market segments for the newly developed axis. For about a year we have been testing a first preliminary series. The market launch is planned for spring 2015,” explains Dr. Stefan Wallmeier, Vice President Engineering. With its new, mechanically-hydraulically driven axle, SAF-HOLLAND gives tippers and company a jump-start: Extremely lightweight and inexpensive, robust and SAF-HOLLAND GmbH Hauptstrasse 26 D-63856 Bessenbach Contact: Stephan Kleinschnitz Marketing Communications Tel.: +49 (0)6095 301445 Fax: +49 (0)6095 301200 stephan.kleinschnitz@ safholland.de www.safholland.com PR Weigang PRO GmbH Michaela Friemer Beethovenstrasse 1a 97080 Würzburg Tel : +49 (0)931 3551527 Fax :+49 (0)931 3551566 [email protected] www.weigang-pro.de low-maintenance, our comfortable drive system supports lorries in their daily work in steep terrain or on difficult ground. This mechanically-hydraulically driven axle can be seen at SAF-HOLLAND's partner, Carnehl Fahrzeugbau Pattensen GmbH & Co. KG, in Hall 27, Booth C12 at this year's International Commercial Vehicle Show in Hanover, Germany. Company profile With about 860 million Euros in sales in 2013 and more than 3,000 employees, SAFHOLLAND S. A. is a leading manufacturer and supplier of premium product systems and components primarily for trailers as well as trucks, buses and camping vehicles. Its product range encompasses, among other things, trailer axle systems and suspension systems, clutches, kingpins, and landing gear. SAF-HOLLAND sells products on six continents to original equipment manufacturers (“OEMs”) on the original equipment market and the aftermarket to the original equipment manufacturer's service networks (“OES”) of the OEMs and via a global sales and service network. SAF-HOLLAND redistributes its products to end users and service centres via this network. SAF-HOLLAND has thereby established itself as one of the few manufacturers in its sector that is internationally positioned with an extensive product range and a broad service network. SAF-HOLLAND S. A. is listed in the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and is one of the values listed on the SDAX (ISIN: LU0307018795).