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LuK RepSet SmarTAC:
PUSHING BOUNDARIES BETWEEN
WEAR AND TEAR
LuK clutch repair solutions for commercial vehicles are designed for high mileage and long life.
It’s not rare to see delivery trucks and buses achieve a
mileage of 600,000 km, and long haulers over 1,000,000
km. Stop and go driving plus a lot of parking manoeuvres,
such as those made by construction vehicles, challenge
the wear-resistance of commercial vehicle clutches. For the
Automotive Aftermarket, Schaeffler offers long-life clutch
comfort with its LuK RepSet SmarTAC. This system not only
makes repairs easy, it is also a technical solution that extends
service life and allows carriers and fleet managers additional
planning capacities for vehicle operation. However, a
prerequisite for this is that the vehicles are already equipped
with a TAC clutch.
The LuK RepSet SmarTAC repair solution for the Automotive
Aftermarket comes with a clutch disc, clutch pressure
plate, and conventional release bearing. TAC stands for
“travel adjusted clutch”, which describes a travel-controlled,
automatically self-adjusting clutch. Gradual wear of the
friction linings of the clutch disc functions automatically
to trigger the continuous adjustment mechanism. The
TAC automatically corrects wear of the clutch lining of
0.2 millimeters after each 100 clutch actuations. In contrast
to force-controlled, self-adjusting products from competitors,
with the TAC system readjustment is performed according to
need in predefined, mechanically limited adjustment steps.
This allows the clutch’s attributes to be completely utilized for
easier driving over its entire operating life – from the first start offered for bus and truck applications – including, among
of the engine to the clutch’s final wear limit.
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Wear reserves doubled
And speaking of wear: The LuK RepSet SmarTAC system
also offers a minimum wear area of around six millimeters
when ordered with the new clutch disc friction linings,
the LuK HD 30 PLUS. This offers nearly twice as much
wear reserve as conventional clutch systems – after all,
friction lining is seen as the key component of every
clutch system. Its quality is largely responsible for service
life, power transmission, and shift comfort.
Under real-world conditions, Schaeffler estimates that
LuK HD 30 PLUS friction linings deliver a minimum of 30
percent more durability compared to conventional linings.
This means reduced downtimes and improved profitability
for the operator. This product is characterized by its
extreme durability, burst resistance, and high thermal
resistance. These attributes ensure – over the entire
service life of the lining – a soft drive-off and shift feel,
along with high-precision controllability when carrying out
parking maneuvers. The linings of the LuK HD 30 PLUS
is available in all current diameter sizes.
The LuK RepSet SmarTAC – comfortable,
durable, profitable
With its LuK RepSet SmarTAC, Schaeffler is now offering
a high-value replacement part in original-equipment
quality to garages – one that has proven itself in serial
production of vehicle manufacturers. One development
partner is Mercedes-Benz, who has been employing the
travel-controlled, self-adjusting clutch system as original
equipment in their ANTOS and ATEGO truck models since
2014. For the Automotive Aftermarket, the LuK RepSet
SmarTAC is available for both pulled-type and push-type
diaphragm spring clutch versions, and is currently being
others, Mercedes-Benz trucks ANTOS and ATEGO as well
as DAF, MAN, NEOPLAN, and Scania.
Garages profit from the LuK RepSet SmarTAC repair
solution thanks to its ease-of-use, the expert know-how
from the system developer Schaeffler, and the technical
support from Schaeffler’s online platform REPXPERT
(www.repxpert.com).