You can read the technical paper written by Chris Koralik by visiting this link: http://digital.library.aist.org/pages/PR-366-383.htm
The title of the paper is “Affirmative Abrasion: Advancements and Innovations in Industrial Braking Systems” and it was written with the help of several experts with varying backrounds and fields of expertise including application engineering and brake design.
One of the main highlights of this technical paper pertains to Emergency Disc Brakes used for EOT cranes. These brakes are designed to prevent a load from falling which could potentially result from a transmission failure on the low-speed side of the crane, such as a gearbox failure or shaft breaking. There have been catastrophic failures of this type in recent past at Port Terminals, Iron and Steel Producing Plants, and other industrial crane applications, and emergency disc brakes would have prevented these disasters from occurring.
Click HERE to view the PowerPoint of the presentation given at the 2014 AIST Crane Syposium. This presentation evoked a great deal of thought and curiosity from the audience and there is no doubt that end users, application engineers, and brake designers will continue to explore options to retrofit cranes with e-brake packages and specify them in new crane designs as well.
In order to select the optimal emergency brake package for your crane, it is imperative that you partner with a company that possesses an intimate knowledge of the application and can identify various packages to meet the industry and application-specific conventions to provide a system that will work. Dongqi possesses the requsite expertise and experience to provide a robust and efficient emergency braking system for your crane.
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