Method of carrying out maintenace of multi-disc brake arrangement
First Claim
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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Abstract
A multi-disc brake suitable for an aircraft has a stack of rotor and stator discs in which the discs of a set at one end of the stack each have a greater allowance for wear than the discs of a set at the other end of the stack whereby the group of discs are removed together from one end of the stack as a fully worn group at a brake servicing operation. An unworn group of discs is added to the other end of the stack.
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6 Claims
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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:
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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, and adding an unworn group of discs to the other end of the stack. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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