What is an Engine Brake?
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Brakes are devices that have the function of decelerating, stopping, or maintaining the stopped state of moving parts or machinery. They are mechanical components that stop or slow down moving parts in machinery, commonly known as brakes. Brakes mainly consist of a bracket, braking components, and an operating device. Below is relevant information: Engine braking: More accurately referred to as transmission braking, during high-speed continuous operation in high gear, rapidly reducing the transmission's gear speed causes the lower gear speed to inhibit the vehicle's inherent high-speed inertia, thereby producing the so-called engine braking (transmission braking) for a short period. The service brake is a mechanical device that can reduce or stop the vehicle's speed while driving, used when the vehicle is decelerating or stopping. Brakes are divided into: service brakes and parking brakes. The service brake is the car's foot brake, and the parking brake is the car's hand brake. Currently, disc brakes, widely used in passenger cars, have advantages such as fast heat dissipation, light weight, simple construction, and easy adjustment. Engine braking is the process of using the engine's resistance to decelerate the vehicle. When the vehicle's actual driving speed exceeds the speed that should be achieved at the current gear and throttle, it enters the engine braking state.
