Maintenance and repair
INTORQ | BA 14.0196 | 04/2016
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Maintenance and repair
7.1
Wear of spring-applied brakes
INTORQ spring-applied brakes are wear-resistant and designed for long maintenance intervals. The friction
lining and braking mechanism are subject to operational wear. For safe and trouble-free operation, the brake
must be checked at regular intervals or replaced, if necessary
The table below shows the different causes of wear and their impact on the components of the spring-applied
brake. The influential factors must be quantified so that the service life of the rotor and brake can be calcu-
lated and so the prescribed maintenance intervals can be specified accurately. The most important factors
in this context are the applied friction energy, the initial speed of rotation of braking and the switching fre-
quency. If several of the causes of friction lining wear occur in an application at the same time, the influencing
factors should be added together when the amount of wear is calculated.
NOTICE
The air gap must not be re-adjusted after it has been correctly adjusted during the initial
installation of the brake on the motor! This could result in a loss of braking torque.
Component
Cause
Effect
Influencing factors
Friction lining
Braking during operation
Wear of friction lining
Friction work
Emergency stops
Overlapping wear during start and
stop of drive
Active braking via the drive motor
with support of brake (quick stop)
Starting wear in case of motor
mounting position with vertical shaft,
even when the brake is not applied
Number of start-stop
cycles
Armature plate and
flange
Rubbing of brake lining
Armature plate and flange
are run in
Friction work
Gear teeth of brake
rotor
Relative movements and shocks
between brake rotor and brake shaft
Wear of gear teeth (primarily
on the rotor side)
Number of start-stop
cycles
Brake support
Load reversals and jerks in the back-
lash between the armature plate and
guide pins
Breaking of armature plate
and guide pins
Number of start/stop
cycles, braking torque
Springs
Axial load cycle and shear stress of
springs through radial backlash on
reversal of armature plate
Reduced spring force or
fatigue failure
Number of switching oper-
ations of brake
Tab. 7:
Causes for wear