New Product: Spring-applied brake

The BFK458-L long-life, spring-applied brake is released by applying dc voltage to an electromagnetic coil.
Nov. 21, 2007

Service life of the brakes is said to be 10,000,000 cycles or two years. The cast-iron cased brakes come in four sizes with shaft sizes from 10 to 25 mm and feature 4 to 46-Nm rated torque. Brake coils can be supplied for 24-V low-voltage connection or rectified mains at 103, 180, and 250 V.

Lenze-AC Tech, 630 Douglas St., Uxbridge, MA 01569, (508) 278-9100, actech.com

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