Category Archive: Technical Briefs
Brakes are essential to diverse industries for slowing and stopping motion or holding various loads in place. Electromagnetic brakes specifically use the presence and absence of electric current and magnetic field to release or lock brakes into place, holding or stopping a load when the electric current shuts down. This type of power-off brake is […]
There are two basic types of Electromagnetic Brakes. “Power On” (Magnetically Engaged) and “Power Off” (Spring Engaged). Most brakes (covering several markets) work with Direct Current applied (DC). 24VDC is popular. When power is applied an Electromagnetic Field is generated. This field has a normal force created by the strength of the coil (magnetic flux) […]
Regardless of the market – medical, industrial, aerospace, or agriculture – end users are becoming more knowledgeable and demanding more when shopping for goods and services. Simultaneously, management is driving operations to do more with less, better, faster and cheaper. When companies are squeezed at both ends, from the customer and upper management, it becomes […]