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News Release from: Nexen Group | Subject: Air Champ BD
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 06 May 2002
Brake ideal for rapid start/stop
applications
New from Nexen Group, the Air Champ BD calliper brake is a high performing device at an affordable cost for emergency stopping and/or holding applications.
New from Nexen Group, the Air Champ BD calliper brake is a high performing device at an affordable cost for emergency stopping and/or holding applications Nexen's BD calliper brake is spring applied and its compact actuator is hydraulically released, with mounting capabilities on either side of the brake
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 21 Jan 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Capable of high cyclic duty, this BD calliper brake is ideal for rapid start/stop applications.
Its simple design with very few seals and moving parts make installation and maintenance easy.
The brake shoes mount with detent pins for quick friction facing replacement and all pivot pins have life-lubricated pivot-point bearings.
The BD brake has proven itself by its low-cost and high performance in several types of applications and industries such as sawmill, steel mill, bulk material conveyor, automotive production, wind turbine, amusement parks, ski lifts, pulp and paper, wire rolling/drawing and textile.
(This was Engineeringtalk's Top Story on 3 May 2002).
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