Svendborg Brakes - Hydraulic Braking Systems

Svendborg Brakes is one of the leading and most innovative manufacturers of hydraulic braking systems for heavy industry in the world. We employ technological expertise, market intelligence and highly competent personnel to meet customer requirements for reliable, cost-effective and intelligent braking systems.

Furthermore, our braking solutions are customised to precisely match the customer's requirements and applications. Solutions which combine hydraulics, electronics and highly advanced brake engineering must operate if other parts fail - when lives are at stake.

Applications for Svendborg Brakes include:

• Mining applications (conveyors, excavators, draglines, stacker/reclaimers, mine winders)
• Crane industry (shipyard cranes, container cranes, hot-metal cranes, tower cranes, RTG cranes etc.)
• Marine and offshore industry (ship propellers, marine winches, ship (un)loaders, draw works)
• Other heavy-duty applications (rolling mills, escalators, fans etc.)
• Wind turbines.

Svendborg Brakes can provide complete brake solutions for new applications – and retrofitting.

BRAKING SYSTEMS FOR WIND TURBINES

Although long established, Svendborg Brakes really started to grow with the development of the wind turbine industry. The braking requirements of the new generation of wind turbines were simple, but essential. Unable to operate in wind speeds that are too high or too low, wind turbines must be brought to a standstill quickly yet gently. The braking systems able to do this also had to be virtually maintenance-free and completely reliable, due to the often remote locations and harsh weather conditions common for wind turbine sites.

HYDAULIC BRAKING SYSTEMS

To remain at the cutting edge of development, Svendborg Brakes has concentrated on working closely together with our customers in order to develop special solutions designed to meet their precise needs for hydraulic braking systems.

Doing so has the major advantage of being at the forefront of development, which means that in a number of critical fields, Svendborg Brakes is several years ahead of its competitors for customised braking solutions. We prioritise the development of new technological solutions, making us a major force in the market for advanced hydraulic braking systems.

BRAKING UNDER CONTROL

Svendborg Brakes brake systems meet the demand for maintenance free and completely reliable systems, due to the often remote locations and harsh weather conditions we work in.

We want to be the preferred supplier of braking systems - providing a complete solution. We intend to identify, develop, and serve new markets with new applications. Our policy of building expert design teams and establishing a presence on our key markets is designed to offer our customers full support whenever needed.

With production facilities in Denmark and Germany, we are totally flexible and always able to deliver.

Key benefits for our brakes are:

• Few moving parts - easy maintenance - reduced maintenance costs
• Small air-gap and few moving parts - short response time - fast braking
• Two different types of spring packages available - reducing loss of force - higher safety
• Drain ports for hydraulic oil leakage - prevents oil on brake disc - higher safety

FOCUS ON CONSTANT TESTING

Safety is the key to success in our industry, and Svendborg Brakes has worked for many years to test and document the performance of our products to provide a level of safety our customers can depend on.

We have the facilities for dynamic testing in Denmark and static testing in Germany, and run a program of continuous testing on our products at both sites under conditions that are as realistic as possible.

Our test centre in Denmark is one of the biggest in Europe, and can apply extreme loads to thoroughly test our brakes. Everything is carefully monitored and documented by our engineers, which means that Svendborg Brakes can prove how our brakes will perform under conditions similar to those they will operate in.

Performance benefits from using our products include:

• Safety
• Precision
• Control
• Efficiency
• Durability
• Reliability