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A revolutionary caliper brake ideal for vertical warehouse and handling
M.W.M. Caliper brake
With their absolutely unusual shape, the M.W.M. caliper brakes have the revolutionary ortogonal freedom of move, that permits a perfect auto allignment and an easy installation.
The patented system of axial sliding allows the installation on disks, but also on bars and rails, thus permitting their use directly on forklifts, lifting trolleys and railway wagons.
In fact the brake pads suit the non-perfect straightness of rails/bars just through the floating M.W.M. caliper.
The use on forklifts allows the installation of the M.W.M. caliper brakes as emergency or parking brakes with utmost safety because the “direct” braking system doesn’t depend on transmissions, ropes or chains.
In this example a company that manufatures vertical warehouse has installed four M.W.M. calipers brakes, two per part, on a vertical handling system as safety brakes.
The control can be pneumatic, hydraulic and manual from 0 to 70.000N.
They can operate in two different ways:
- spring released when the control generates the necessary braking effect.
- spring applied when the effect (braking) is achieved without control, which causes the brake to disengage. These are mainly used as safety or holding brakes.
