Clutches and brakes design and selection P5

This chapter on disk brakes and clutches will consider annular contact disk clutches and both caliper and annular contact disk brakes, as illustrated in Figures 1, 2, and 3. Caliper disk brakes, as shown in Figure 1, are used on aircraft, automotive, industrial, and mining equipment. Their two main advantages compared to drum brakes are greater heat dissipation, and hence less fading, because of their open construction, and a more uniform braking action, due to self-cleaning by brake pad abrasion. Their main disadvantage is that they require a larger activation force than is required for drum brakes because they have...

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