Placid Industries, Inc. Datasheets for Electric Brakes

Electric brakes are assemblies consisting of electrical elements for the slowing or stopping of shafts in equipment drives. Electrical power is required to activate the brake.
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Placid Industries makes custom magnetic particle brakes that specialty machinery manufacturers have used for decades. Browse the available models and contact sales if you need further assistance.
Placid magnetic particle brakes, also called powder brakes and mag particle brakes, provide smooth and repeatable torque control. Torque is proportional to input current, and independent of shaft speed, thereby...
Torque is proportional to input current, and independent of RPM. Torque is especially smooth, even at near-zero RPM. Also good for light tension / high RPM applications, due to good...