This year’s IAA Transportation expo will welcome the lightest combination of axles and pneumatic suspension for general purpose trailers, as a result of the collaboration between SAE-SMB and VDL Weweler.
Throughout its long history, industrial axle manufacturer SAE readily collaborated with other companies. In fact, a 2004 merger with SMB, the exclusive supplier of axles and suspensions for all trailers of the General Trailers group, has helped make the company a leader in the French market, and gain a prestigious position within the European market as well.
Its spirit of partnership continues, now joining with VDL Weweler, experts in the development and production of air suspension systems, axle-lifts systems and parabolic springs. Together, they will introduce the MBS OMEGA, a new modular bolt-on solution and the latest revolutionary range of air suspensions for the future, in combination with SAE-SMB’s AIRMAX axles.
The combination of SAE-SMB’s AIRMAX axles and VDL Weweler’s MBS OMEGA air suspension results in a lightweight system, allowing for a reduction of at least 100 kilograms in the weight of the trailer.
This weight reduction of the trailers enables transporters to increase the carrying capacity of their fleets without any investment, reducing the cost of fuel and CO2 emission per transported tonne of goods by at least two per cent.
Lightweight, rigid and resistant, the SAE-SMB AIRMAX axles have a high tensile steel structure, oversized bearings and a lubrication system which ensures optimum working conditions in all environmental conditions with simple maintenance.
The body of the rigid axles, produced from one unique piece of forged seamless tube, allows a high carrying capacity with minimum weight.
The steering axle improves the manoeuvrability of the trailer, saves fuel and increases the life of the tires, while the brakes, complying with ECE-R13, are highly efficient and always reliable.
