band brake


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band brake

[′band ‚brāk]
(mechanical engineering)
A brake in which the frictional force is applied by increasing the tension in a flexible band to tighten it around the drum.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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