What is Air Suspension Mechanism used in Automobiles?

Question

Air brakes

Answer 1

Are you asking about air suspension or air brakes. They are 2 different systems.

Air suspension in autos is done with a compressor, air lines, air bags or air struts/shocks and a controller and level sensors.

Using the level sensors the controller can tell when the car isn't level because of heavy or uneven loads and can add or remove air to the bags/struts/shocks to level the car out.

More information about what you are looking and the type of car would help in giving you a more specific answer.

Answer 2

The air suspension gives a smooth ride and the air brakes uses compressed air to work out the brake shoes is most comonly used in bigger vehicles.

Answer 3

Everything you mentioned results in more gasoline being used than if you didn't do it. The air conditioner uses about 0.5 HP, which doesn't seem like much, but a typical car cruising at 60 mph uses less than 20 hp to do so. All of a sudden, half a hp is 2.5%. The other items have smaller penalties, but EVERYTHING that uses ANY kind of energy in the car derives it from the fuel. Yes, that includes driving with the windows down (more drag) and running the radio with the engine stopped (the energy lost by the battery is replenished later by the alternator, which is driven by...the engine) Thes are the physical facts in the matter.

Answer 4

A type of suspension that uses air springs instead of conventional steel springs. Computer operated vents on the air springs, suspension sensors and an onboard air compressor allow the system to maintain ride height and vary the suspension's ride characteristics.

check out the wiki description of it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_suspension

Answer 5

on regular passenger cars, i have not heared of air brakes, however there are a few models out there, that have air suspension. so instead of regular coil springs like most cars, they have an airbag in place that works as a suspension.
the air comes from a little, most of the times, electric air pump.

air brakes are for bigger vehicles, like semis, busses, etc...
the reason for that, i would assume is the weight issue. air compressor, air tanks, maintenance, air lines, etc.

Answer 6

It means that air goes from your master cylinder goes to your brakes which is controlled by air and if you slam on your brakes then your tires lock up... I used to have a huge bubble in my air brakes and it caused one tired lock but that usually only happens when it's winter and you need to stop as of 2 seconds ago...

Answer 7

im sure there are some out there, ie lowriders. ive yet to see air suspension as a standard on automobiles. ive seen them on trucks like dump trucks, busses, and semi tractors. trucks have air compressor mounted on ,usually, the left side of engine, which is driven by the accessory belt or fan belt. a govenor mounted on the air compressor regulates the pressure inside the air tanks mounted towards the rear of truck or near from of trailer. trucks have glad hands which connect air lines from tractor to trailer. thats the blue or black, red and green lines on back of semi tractor. electrical is the black or blue, red is secondary air, and green is primary air line. trailer has its own airbrake system. anyways, as pressure builds up, the air bags fill and the cab will raise up for cab suspension, and the air bags for the chasiss suspension will fill up. usually, a truck will have a leaf spring or other type of suspension, along with the air suspension.

air brakes totally different system. air supply to brakes comes from the same air tanks that the suspension air does. the air passes from the tanks to the 2 or 3 or axles on the tractor. if trailer is hooked up, air will pass through the glad hands to the trailer axles. usually there are 2 axles on a trailer. each axle will have 2 brake chambers, one on one side, and the other one on the other side. in the brake chambers, there is a diaphram. the air comes in to the service side of the chambers and applies pressure to diaphram. the diaphram pushes on a push rod which is connected to, whats called a slack adjuster, via clevis and clevis pin. on the other end of this slack adjuster, is a hole with splines. the shaft has splines on one end which allows it to slide into the hole in slack adjuster, and inter lock in place. on the other end of the shaft, is a S-shaped cam. the air pushes on the diaphram, which pushes the push rod. whichs pushes one of the slack forward, causing the shaft to rotate. when the shaft rotates, the cam will roll along rollers on the brake pads. the brake, which are hinged, will push up against the brake drum. the brake drum is bolted to wheels, and therefore when brake shoes rub against the drum, the wheel also stops. valves connected to the brake pedal relay air to the different brakes and regulate air flow within the air lines.

there it is air suspension and air brake 101. dont think you can just ripping apart air brakes now. Dept. of Transportation says that you must recieve certification to work on and operatore air and air brake systems. brake chambers can be deadly. the other side on drive axle brake chambers have a large spring with a very large amount of pressure built behind it. some one once told me, that if you release this spring, it would buckle a metal trash bin completely in half.

Answer 8

active air suspension system is a system that has air as its working fluid and acting as shock absorber is called air suspension system. for more details visit to auto/howstuffworks.com.

Answer 9

air bags??