Motors should not coast more than a few shaft revolutions after being deenergized. Critical applications use electromechanical clutch and brake devices to stop loads when motor power is removed.

In the world of motion control and power transmission, control is the key design objective. Put simply, stopping a load in a predictable and controlled manner is at least as important as the motion ...

The automotive industry continues to be a hotbed of innovation, with activity driven by road safety, autonomous braking systems and advancement in sensors, and growing importance of technologies such ...

Hydraulic retarders play a critical role in modern vehicle braking systems by converting kinetic energy into thermal energy through the fluid dynamic interactions within the retarder system. Their ...

Automatic Braking is a set of General Motors active safety technologies that automatically apply the vehicle’s brakes to help reduce a collision’s severity or to avoid a crash. Automatic Braking is ...