Airflex® Clutches & Brakes A complete line of quality clutches and brakes for industry catalog 900 Powering Business Worldwide

Early interest by Thomas L. Fawick in the use of elastomers to solve industrial problems led to the development of the Fawick®Airflex clutch and the founding, in 1938, of the Fawick Company. The Airflex clutch is a unique drum type design which transfers torque through the sidewalls of a rubber-and-cord air actuating tube. Besides transmitting torque, the tube serves as a flexible member between the driving and driven shafts. Simplicity in design and operation are its other outstanding features. During the early 1940’s, after many applications on tugs and tow boats, the U.S. Navy incorporated...

EATON Airflex® Clutches & Brakes 10M1297GP November 2012

Airflex® Application Guide Section A In addition to the major products listed, Airflex rotorseals and quick release valves are used throughout these industries. MACHINE AIRFLEX OR EQUIPMENT PRODUCTS Agricultural Grain Elevator Irrigation Sugar Refining Amusement All types of amusement ride drives. Breweries Bottle Washers Conveyors Labeling Uncasers Can Making Bodymaker Cap Machine Cupper End Press Necker-Flanger Seamer Shell Press Strip Feed Press Tab Press Ceramics & Clay Block Splitter Brick Press Brick Stacker Extruder Kiln Oven Pug Mill Chemical Centrifuge Compressors Hammer Mill Kilns Mixers...

Airflex® Application Guide Section A MACHINE AIRFLEX OR EQUIPMENT PRODUCTS Fishing Hoists & Winches Propulsion Glass Edging Decks Fiberglass Winders Glass Sand Mill Molding Shears Laundry Bar Soap Extruders Extractors Washers Leather Blade Grinder Die Cutting Embossers Logging Skidders Yarders Lumber Band Saw Breakdown Hoist Carriage Drives Conveyors Plywood Stacking Setworks Stackers Veneer Clipping Veneer Lathe Marine Anchor Winch & Windlass Bow Thruster Deck Machinery Dredges Generator Main Propulsion Pipe Laying Equipment Power Take-off Propeller Shaft Brake Pumps Radar & Aerial Systems Material...

Airflex® Application Guide Section A MACHINE AIRFLEX OR EQUIPMENT PRODUCTS Metalworking (continued) Machine Tools Multi-Slide Powder Metal Presses Press Brakes Rebar Shear Rewind Stands Roll Forming Roller Leveler Shears Slitters Spring Coiling Stamping, Punching & Forming Presses Unwind Stands Wire Cage Mining & Cement Blast Hole Drill Conveyors Crushers Dragline Vertical Roller Mill Drilling Elevators Grinding Mills Hammer Mills Kilns Locomotives Pulverizers Shovels Shuttle Cars Ventilating Fan Miscellaneous Clamping Device Lifting Device Paper Calendar Chippers Converters Conveyors Core Expanders...

Airflex® Application Guide MACHINE AIRFLEX INDUSTRY OR EQUIPMENT PRODUCTS Heat Treating Furnace CB Textile Beaming Machines CB, E, EB, VC Turbines Starter Drive CB Test Benches & Car/Truck Dynamometer VC, WC Stands Dynamometer CB, WC, WCSB Transportation Airport Ramp CB Plane Ground Support CB Well Drilling Compound CB Offshore Pipe Laying WC Semi-Submersible Anchor

Constructing Type Clutches and Brakes Section B Type CB Torque capacities up to: 1,160,000 Ib•in 131.000 N•m Airflex CB element assemblies are used as both clutches and brakes in general power transmission service. The primary feature of the CB design and construction is the Airflex torsional resilient principle made possible by the transmission of power through the side walls of the flexible neoprene and cord actuating tube. This flexibility also permits minor shaft misalignment. Type VC Torque capacities up to: 13,877,000 Ib•in 1567.000 N•m Airflex VC element assemblies are designed and built...

Constructing Type Clutches and Brakes Section C Type E Torque capacities up to: 1,010,000 lb•in 114.000 N•m Airflex E elements are primarily used as slip clutches or tension brakes; however, they can also be used for general power transmission service. Torque is transmitted from the friction shoes to the element housing through torque bars. Engagement occurs when air expands the actuating tube forcing the friction shoes against the inside diameter of the drum. Release springs assist shoe disengagement and counteract centrifugal force. Type VE Torque capacities up to: 221,000 lb•in 24.950 N•m...

Water-Cooled Brakes Section D Type WCB2/ WCBD Torque capacities up to: 2,700,000 lb•in 304.830 N•m Thermal capacities up to: 5,200 HP 3,878 kW Airflex WC air applied and spring applied water cooled brakes are designed for applications requiring high horsepower absorption. Its design incorporates copper alloy wear plates which transfer heat rapidly to circulating water. They are used for heavy-duty braking and tensioning applications, such as those found in metal and paper processing, as well as for cable tension control on logging, marine mooring and winching equipment. The unit can also be used...

Air Cooled Disc Clutches and Brakes Section E Type DBA Static torque capacities up to: 386,630 lb•in 43.050 N•m Airflex DBA disc style brakes are spring-applied and air or hydraulically released. Its torque capacities and heat dissipation characteristics make it ideal for high speed cyclic applications. Equal torque is developed in either direction of rotation. Type DBB Static torque capacities up to: 2,535,750 lb•in 286.524 N•m Airflex DBB disc style brakes are spring-applied and air or hydraulically released. Its torque capacities and heat dissipation characteristics make it ideal for high...

Clutch/Brake Packages Section F Press Application Clutch/Brake and Control Clutch capacities to: 516,000 lb•in 58.260 N•m Brake capacities to: 336,200 lb•in 37.960 N•m Airflex Press Application packages feature drum type CB or VC air applied clutches fastened to standard bearing-mounted flywheels. These clutch/flywheel assemblies are then combined with drum type CS and CTE or disc type DBA springapplied, air released brakes. Although designed primarily for punch press use, they have found application on all types of cyclic equipment. CBC Clutch/Brake Combination Clutch capacities to: 1,140,000...