How to build a better brake pad
July 7, 2009 by Paul Dvorak
Filed under Mechanical Components, Wind Safety, Yaw and Pitch Brakes
The Carlisle Design and Development Process combines the consulting, engineering, modeling, prototyping, testing, and manufacturing required to produce world class brakes. Benefits of the company best design practices lead to:
• Complete brake systems – hydraulic controls, brakes, and friction material
• Smooth, quiet and reliable braking
• Manufacturing and engineering support in US, Europe, and Asia
• All designs adhere to international brake and ISO requirements
• Clean sheet or modified standard designs
• Quick-turn prototypes
• Extensive testing that ensures in-field performance and reliability
Several brake designs are available from Carlisle Industrial Brake & Friction, Bloomington, Ind., for wind turbine yaw and rotor applications. As a manufacturer of large calipers, the company can develop new brakes to fit new applications. And with its own friction plant, Carlisle says it can customize a lining to fit a particular application. More than 50 years of experience developing large caliper disc brakes provides an extensive library of products and performance data to which company engineers refer. Company engineers can work with client teams to review applications, identify critical parameters, define a brake torque required, and the heat generated. The table tells more about company products.
Windpower Engineering Editor Paul Dvorak is an experienced mechanical engineer. Paul has seven years of hands on mechanical engineering experience and 23 years of technical writing. Paul is constantly in correspondence with wind turbine manufacturers and wind power researchers. Thanks to this correspondence, he is able to write about wind engineering topics before any other editor in the wind space.
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