Two power steering designs emerged. Linkage assist steering and the integral power steering gear-each use a constant flow, positive displacement hydraulic pump. The pump, belt-driven by the engine, ...

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, presents a new addition to its Hatlapa product range: the steering control system, Hebe. It will be offered as an integrated part of the company’s Hatlapa range of ...

For centuries, engineers have been using mechanical systems to augment human inputs. Gears, pulleys and levers have long served to grant our comparatively feeble forms significant mechanical advantage ...

For many years, power steering technology was focused on hydraulic systems but demand is increasingly favouring electric mainly due to fuel consumption and logistical benefits. Matthew Beecham reports ...

If you've ever driven an older vehicle without power steering, you probably understand just how important power steering systems are for modern cars. These components allow us to turn the steering ...

In our January issue, HDT Equipment Editor Jim Park explored how advances in steering are soon going to make driving easier, and will be an important part of the move toward more automation in trucks.

If you've ever driven an older vehicle without power steering or a contemporary car with a power steering malfunction, you probably understand just how important these systems are. They drastically ...

On a quiet side street, a driver easing a vintage hatchback into a tight parking space wrestles the wheel with both hands. Around the corner, a modern SUV glides into a spot with barely a twist of the ...

The German navigation system manufacturer Raytheon Anschütz was awarded a retrofit contract of steering gear control systems for two luxury cruise ships chartered by Noble Caledonia Ltd. The cruise ...

Electrically assisted power steering often comes in for criticism for killing steering feel, and some of that criticism is warranted. Electric steering can often feel dead and overdamped. But in ...