Drum Brakes for bridges and sluices “Rijkswaterstaat” type RWS
Application areas:
- Bridge / Sluice systems
Product type:
- Drum brakes
Product description
The RWS, also known as Rijkswaterstaat-Brake has additional features compared to a standard drum brakes acc. to DIN 15435 to increase safety during the braking process. (See operating principle)
- Bridges and sluice gates
- 2 step brake / Time delay braking at 2nd spring
- MADE IN GERMANY, own production
Functional principle
To meet specific safety criteria for RWS brakes, the following additional features are provided.
- 2 limit switches for “brake opened / closed”
- Eccentric hand lifting device
- Heating element
- All pins made of stainless steel, with grease nipples for re-greasing all important linkagepoints
- Adjustable braking torque
- Organic brake pads (bonded), friction coefficient µ dyn = 0,4,
- 2-Component coating / Standard painting RAL 5009 / Dry film thickness 80 µm
Technical benefits
The second time-delayed brake spring at type RWS-RT2F avoid unwanted / unintended lowering situations on bridges and sluices.
Options
- Special construction
- Special painting (Please specify RAL color)
- Further limit switch for position controlling
- Further operation types (Standard: Operated by thruster / electro-hydraulically)