Tenneco has expanded its Monroe Brakes product line into the growing severe-duty friction market – including emergency and utility applications, delivery trucks, school buses and many other hard-working commercial vehicles – with a new line of Monroe Severe Solution brake pads. According to the company, the pads are engineered to help fleets reduce brake maintenance and repair costs through longer pad and rotor life.
Tenneco said Monroe Severe Solution brake pads include ultra-premium friction materials formulated to provide exceptional high-temperature stability, fade resistance and longer service life. Additionally, dynamometer testing has shown that Monroe Severe Solution pads help dramatically increase rotor life while offering greater sustained stopping power at high temperatures compared to many OE products, the maker noted.
“Tenneco now offers a total package of ultra-premium light-duty and severe-duty friction solutions to help distributors and service providers increase their sales in these very important market categories,” said Tom Connelly, Monroe Brakes national marketing and sales manager, Tenneco. “Our new Severe Solution pads outperform many competing products in terms of overall cost per mile while providing the reliable braking power fleets need under the most punishing conditions.”
Many Monroe Severe Solution pads include a sensory locking plate feature that helps enhance pad life and minimize pad delamination, vibration and noise, especially under severe braking conditions, according to Tenneco, which added that the pads also come with noise reduction hardware kits and electronic wire wear sensors.
