Types of Brakes

Types of Brakes Points : types of brakes, hydraulic brakes, electric brakes, mechanical brakes Brakes, according to means use for convert the energy through the braking element, are classified as:
1. Hydraulic brakes e.g. pumps or hydrodynamic brake and fluid agitator,
2. Electric brakes e.g. generators and eddy current brakes, and
3. Mechanical brakes.

Hydraulic and electric brakes cannot convey member to rest and are generally use where large quantity of energy are to be changed as the brake is retard load for example in laboratory dynamometers, high way trucks and electric locomotives. These brakes are too use for retard or controlling speed of a vehicle for down-hill travel.
Mechanical brakes, according to direction of performing force, can be divided into following two groups:

Rope Brake Dynamometer

Rope Brake Dynamometer Points : Rope Brake Dynamometer Rope Brake Dynamometer is consists of one or additional ropes wrap about fly wheel of an engine whose power is to be exact, two or three ropes cut about the rim of drum which is key to shaft of engine.