Betts Spring introduces Smart A17 spring loaded mud flap hangers

Betts Spring introduces Smart A17 spring loaded mud flap hangers

The company said its Smart A17 Technology will offer Class 8 operators lighter weight, corrosion resistant spring loaded mud flap hangers with exceptional performance and extended life cycles. The hangers have been laboratory and field tested to meet equipment manufacturer and end user demands.

Betts Spring said it has introduced the most innovative spring loaded mud flap hangers available to the heavy truck industry in more than two decades. The company said its Smart A17 Technology will offer Class 8 operators lighter weight, corrosion resistant spring loaded mud flap hangers with exceptional performance and extended life cycles.
 
The hangers have been laboratory and field tested to meet equipment manufacturer and end user demands, the company said. The design incorporates an open wound coil spring with unrivaled rate recovery and yield performance. Betts has reduced the weight by 5% over current spring loaded mud flap hangers and at the same time, improved performance characteristics. Betts’ full line of straight arm, tapered arm and angle down spring-loaded mud flap hangers are being replaced with Smart A17 Technology products that are currently being rolled out to Betts’ distributors. By Oct. 1, all major Class 8 manufacturers will complete release of the Smart hangers for production.

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