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The fi ve hottest products as determined by readers of truckpartsandservice.com The Buzz Long-life hub system Accuride Corporation introduces ROLLiant hub system from KIC. Accuride says the technology has been designed for customers seeking long-life hub performance, and truck and trailer OEMs who want to simplify wheel end installation and boost throughput during assembly. Each ROLLiant hub is assembled with 100 percent endplay inspection and serialization for complete traceability and optimal bearing life. Accuride says ROLLiant will feature a 10-year warranty for trailer ap- plications and a 7-year warranty for trucks. Additions to brake product lines Bendix has launched a new spring brake and introduced RSD- compliant 23K aftermarket friction BA232R brake linings. Bendix says its new EnduraSure Spring Brake line builds on and replaces the proven, popular Bendix EverSure Spring Brake. The product includes an improved version of its standard chamber, and the addition of a new sealed, professional-grade model. Additionally, for customers needing a 23K aftermarket fric- tion, Bendix says its new BA232R brake linings are designed to handle 23K applications such as heavy line haul, heavy pick-up and delivery, severe duty, and refuse. Fifth wheel lighting system SAF-Holland has introduced a retrofi t kit for its new automatic fi fth wheel lighting system. Designed for Holland FW35 Series Fifth Wheels, the Electronic Lock Indicator (ELI-te) is an electronic system that senses kingpin's location within the locks, improving coupling and reducing the likelihood of dropped trailers by displaying a white light for a proper connection and blinking red for im- proper connection. It can be retrofi tted to a fi fth wheel in less than two hours, the company says. Intelligent wheel end ConMet introduc- es SmartHub, the industry's fi rst intelligent wheel end. ConMet says this new product will allow vehicle owners to monitor the health of the wheel end through access to real-time data on important hub functions, creating a safer, better maintained, and more profi table vehicle performance. The SmartHub contains embedded sensors that will measure and transmit data on wheel end health indicators, including: hub temperature, lubricant level, hub vibration, speed, miles traveled, spindle nut torque readings, hub load, and bolt tension, ConMet says. Expanded coolant product line Automann continues to expand its growing cooling components line with the addition of fi ve new items. Automann says its cooling components offering covers all makes, and distributors can combine these parts on orders with other Automann products, with no minimums. Long-life hub system Accuride Corporation introduces ROLLiant hub system Accuride says the technology has been designed for customers seeking long-life hub performance, and Intelligent ConMet introduc- this new product will 28 Marketplace T R U C K P A R T S & S E R V I C E | N o v e m b e r 2 0 1 7