Wheel brakes: Application

In the family of storm brakes the wheel brake the sole real dynamic brake since the braking shoes are acting on a machined surface not so subject to contamination, able therefore to guarantee a certain value of friction coefficient and braking force.

These brakes are recommended where a sudden emergency braking necessity could rise up during operation, due for example to a micro burst.

The limit of these brakes, is obviously the friction factor between wheels and rails; it is always necessary therefore to eventually integrate these systems with static storm brakes (i.e. self blocking rail clamps) to withstand very high wind speed storm out of operation.