Revolutionary industrial brake, adapted from airplane type, single disk brake, lowered maintenance costs on shuttle cars during 1-yr testing program in West Frankfort, Ill, mine of Old Ben Coal Corp, by more than 50%; brake has straight line torque curve throughout braking range and gives equal torque in both directions; it is simply constructed, easy to reline, and is selfadjusting over entire life of lining; prospective applications in other heavy industrial machines.


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    Title :

    New type brakes for industry


    Additional title:

    Safety Eng


    Published in:

    Safety Engineering ; 99 , n 2 ; p 50


    Publication date :

    1950


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :



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