MWM new pneumatic caliper brake
The new MWM series introduces several technological innovations, offering a wide choice of solutions:
With its absolutely unusual shape, MWM's caliper brake has a revolutionary orthogonal freedom of movement, can be perfectly aligned with the brake disc or guide rail, and is easy to install. In fact, only MWM caliper brakes have a patented axial sliding system, which makes them ideal for mounting on vertical rods and rails.
1 Self-aligning System with Orthogonal Sliding
The revolutionary self-aligning system with orthogonal sliding, patented by MWM, introduces several improvements.
In this case, the two lever arms are hinged on two steel pads that allow the caliper to move perpendicularly to the disk.
This orthogonal freedom of movement allows to the caliper to self-align perfectly to the disk ensuring a constant and well balanced braking on both the friction pads.
In this configuration, the thruster (A) is supported by the arm control lever (B) that can move only orthogonally. In this way the weight of the thruster doesn't burden on the friction pads, but on the fixing structure.
Freedom of movement combined with the axial configuration of the actuator allow an easier brake installation.
2 Central Support Modular System (Patent No. MI2003U000541)
The concept of modularity has always been a central point in MWM design choices.
The patented modular system MWM for caliper brake combines high performance and small size with the possibility to simply reconfigure the caliper brake.
It is sufficient to replace the central body to vary the thickness of the brake disk, or replace the actuator if some changements take place in the employment conditions, without replacing the entire caliper brake.
The new patented system with double lever and central support allows to obtain over than 25 different configurations using a single caliper body. We chose to apply this solution on two sets of caliper brakes perfectly interchangeable:
- PPA Series,entirely made of aluminum is small, lightweight and compact for low torque applications.
- PPB Series is more rugged, more powerful, with increased friction pads and recovery system.
3 New Compact Thruster MWM (Patent No. MI2003U000542)
The innovation introduced by MWM also involves the thrusters.
The new compact range of MWM actuators is the optimal solution to fulfill all requirements of strength and compactness.
The new patented system allows to plug the pneumatic thruster between the two levers with an important size reduction.
In all thrusters of the new range of MWM caliper brakes the old seal diaphragm has been replaced by a more modern and compact rubber seal for reciprocating motions.
This design choice allows to obtain less bulky thruster, more rugged and more reliable, maintaining the same power.
Furthermore, these are not special components but popular products, employed on the market, easily available.
This allows at the expert user that need a replacement component to easily find it,reducing costs and stop times.
MWM Freni Frizioni S.r.l. is pleased to introduce the new and expanded range of caliper brakes with patented innovative technical solutions for every requirement.
Decades of experience combined with a continuous interaction with many different users and a careful analysis of their demands, has allowed us to develop a range of products that revolutionizes the caliper brake concept with the introduction of many improvements and innovative technical solutions.
The extended range of MWM Caliper Brakes is now composed by six different ways of supply. They offer a wide choice regarding to brake torque, dimension , mode of assembly and disc brake thickness.
