brake block
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brake block
[′brāk ‚bläk] (mechanical engineering)
A portion of the band brake lining, shaped to conform to the curvature of the band and attached to it with countersunk screws.
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Escorts has been manufacturing and supplying various products to the Indian Railways and is one of the key players for supply of brake systems, including composite brake blocks.
The technical tie-up will help the Indian firm offer brake blocks and disc brake pads suited for high-speed trains in India as well as select export markets.
To ensure necessary braking space becomes a problem more difficult with increasing speed of movement, which is explained by the fact that with the axle speed increase, the coefficient of friction of cast iron
brake blocks suddenly shrinks and pressure on the blocks is limited by the potential wheel lock.
The youths, who were wearing balaclavas, punched the teenager in the face and threatened him with a knife before grabbing the Ruption GLX cycle which is crome coloured with yellow
brake blocks.
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