Presenting New Standa Plus: the final word in hydraulic braking systems?
Standa is a hydraulic braking system that has been around for 15 years, used by
most of the major truck and lorry manufacturers. It has been very reliable, but
has perhaps lost its way and key customers are starting to specify other systems
in their trucks. The reason for this is that there has been little in the way of
product development. Until now!
New Standa Plus has been developed, which uses polytetrafluoroethylene
(PTFE) to prolong the life of the system. PTFE is a very slippery coating that
reduces friction wear dramatically (in the household it is used on non-stick
pans). The use of this coating in hydraulic systems is revolutionary.
The PTFE coating is a major advancement for the product type, as it will
prolong the life of the system by up to 50 per cent (independent tests by
Hydromatics Testers Ltd).
The reason the new PTFE coating is so special is that up until now it was
impossible to get the PTFE to stick effectively to the piston metal.