Clutches and Brakes

Pancake Series

Exceptionally thin, to meet your space saving requirements

Despite its unique thin design, this clutches/brakes is fully capable, allowing flexibility in your demanding designs such as easy mounting, small space etc. By utilizing a durable custom leaf spring, we are able to provide high precision, rapid response and ideal operating characteristics. This product truly offers exceptional size, with high performance and ease of mounting, allowing us to recommend its implementation in any kind of machine motion controls.

Features

Ultra thin and compact
Due to it's extremely short axial length, it can be mounted in the smallest of spaces.
Zero backlash
Due to our unique leaf spring design, there is no backlash in the direction of rotation.
Incredibly durable "Clover shape leaf spring"
Our unique "Equal stress clover shaped leaf spring" was designed using finite element modeling to help us achieve this unprecedented profile.
Asbestos free facing
A safe, asbestos-free was implemented, making these clutches/brakes suitable for use in food and packaging machinery.
Simple and versatile mounting
It is possible to mount vertically, horizontally and on an angle.
Excellent response and precision
The use of a custom leaf spring provides a predictable response, making these clutches/brakes suitable for high precision machinery.