Clutches and brakes design and selection P2
Band brakes are simpler and less expensive than most other braking devices, with shoe brakes, as perhaps their nearest rival. Because of their simplicity, they may be produced easily by most equipment manufacturers without having to purchase special equipment and without having to use foundry or forging facilities. Only the lining must be purchased from outside sources. Band brakes are used in many applications such as in automatic transmissions (Figure 1) and as backstops (Figure 5—devices designed to prevent reversal of rotation), for bucket conveyors, hoists, and similar equipment. They are especially desirable in the last-mentioned application because their action...
