China's Ministry of Transportation puts Voith's VR115CN retarder to the ultimate test

摘要

Shanghai/Germany - Voith Turbo GmbH of Heidenheim, Germany, a pioneer of hydraulic retarders, which has produced and marketed more than 700,000 hydraulic retarders for heavy duty trucks and coaches to date, has seen its latest carnation, the VoithVR115CN hydraulic retarder (CN denotes that the it has been developed especially for the Chinese market) undergo the toughest of independent tests highly successfully. The VoithVR115CN hydraulic retarder is designed with a maximum rated input speed of 5000 rev/min, a rated brake torque of 3200Nm and a basic weight of 70kg.