FAIRFIELD, Ohio — Force Control Industries presents a maintenance-free, no-adjustment mill motor brake that eliminates expensive coil replacement for electric shoe-type brakes typically used in heavy ...

MagnaShear Marine Duty Motor Brakes Provide a Maintenance-Free Solution for Frequent Start/Stop Cycles for Onboard and Port-side Cranes The MagnaShear marine duty motor brake from Force Control ...

The motor calculations presented here apply to changing conditions of a blower motor when pulley adjustments are made. However, these calculations are useful wherever electric motors are used. These ...

Background: Traditionally, mechanical brake and air-supply systems have provided brake control to processors unwinding or holding back a strand or web. But air brakes and their air-supply system don’t ...

MagnaShear maintenance-free, no-adjustment motor brakes from Force Control Industries employ oil shear technology, which the company says provides longer service life in demanding applications like ...

Designed to rapidly stop or hold heavy-duty loads, the company’s enhanced, integral fail-safe electromagnetic brakes have been coupled with its five-phase stepper motors to produce the AM brake motors ...

Energy is some weird stuff that can neither be created nor destroyed. It can only be changed into different forms, but during these transformations, the total amount of energy in any given system-or ...

Throughout the year, General Motors has repeatedly issued recalls for various makes and models of vehicles suffering from too many different manufacturing flaws to easily keep track of them all. The ...

Choosing the best brake or clutch for the job takes technical know-how and savvy selection skills. Follow these expert tips to get your next application off to a good start - and stop. One of the most ...

Drum brakes have a bad reputation, and they’re usually the first things to hit the swap meet pile. Early C2 Corvettes were only available with drum brakes, but they worked adequately, thanks to larger ...