Featured Projects: Disc Brakes

Background: A leading provider of material handling products needed a way to reliably hold the horizontal rotary axis welding fixture used in their manufacturing process. Measuring 5’x5’x30’ and weighing over […]

Hydraulically applied disc brakes serve as an economical retrofit solution replacing old pneumatically applied brakes in a tensioning application.

Emergency braking system involving compact hydraulically released disc brakes and custom brake mounting stands enables a retrofit solution despite significant technical challenges including dimensional constraints.

Pneumatically released fail-safe disc brake solution for reliably holding load under high torque and duty cycle requirements.

Spring-applied electrohydraulic thruster released disc braking system, provided with a custom disc/hub assembly, designed to optimize available space in order to meet high torque requirement of customer’s emergency brake application.

Spring applied electrohydraulic thruster released disc braking system prepared for seamless integration into recently upgraded rubber mill production line.

Electromagnetically released fail-safe disc brake provides reliable holding under high torque and duty cycle requirements in harsh steel mill conditions.

Hydraulically released fail-safe disc braking system replaces failed emergency hoist and spout brakes in marine environment with minimal downtime.

Skid-mounted disc brake assembly with two hydraulically released floating calipers, two single engagement gear couplings, disc/hub assembly, and compact HPU for use as a turnkey holding brake solution that can be moved between customer’s multiple kiln drive lines.

Retrofit floating caliper disc braking solution for use as holding brake to replace customer’s unreliable hydraulic braking system.

Pneumatic disc braking system, provided with a custom mounting stand, to upgrade customer’s failing and unreliable emergency hoist brakes.