Carraro S.p.a.

Lucio Pinturi

Luciano Malvestio

Giorgio Pilati

Giancarlo Geremia

An emergency brake. The emergency brake includes a pack of disks and counter-disks. A resilient actuator acts on the pack to push the disks and counter-disks into a braking condition. A piston acts on the pack in opposition to the resilient actuator in order to disable braking. A hydraulic circuit has a pressurized hydraulic fluid controlling the piston, which can be activated to actuate the piston in a condition releasing braking of the pack. The hydraulic circuit also has a branch delivering actuator fluid to the braking pack to lubricate and cool the braking pack when the circuit is deactivated.

Emergency brake

A face clutch coupling device between rotating members comprises a first clutch element and a second clutch element which have face teeth and are movable relative to one another between a disengagement position and an engagement position in which the rotating members are coupled for rotation with one another. The device also comprises braking members which are associated with the clutch elements and by virtue of which, when there is relative motion between the rotating members, a preliminary driving interaction of the rotating members is brought about in the engagement position.

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Campodarsego, Italy

Lucio Pinturi