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Method of carrying out maintenace of multi-disc brake arrangement

  • US 4,977,985 A
  • Filed: 06/01/1989
  • Issued: 12/18/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/08/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of carrying out the maintenance of a multi-disc brake of the kind comprising a stack of interleaved rotor and stator discs provided between a thrust device and a reaction member in an arrangement in which friction is generated between rubbing faces of adjacent rotor and stator discs, said method comprising:

  • selecting and arranging the rotor and stator discs so that the wear allowance of a set of discs at one end of the stack is less than the wear allowance of a set of discs at the other end of the stack;

    removing a fully worn group of discs from said one end of the stack during a brake service operation following wear;

    axially moving or shifting the remaining partially worn discs of the stack to a new position towards said one end of the stack, andadding an unworn group of discs to the other end of the stack.

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