Patent ID: 6386332
Filing Date: 2002-05-14
Classification: B30B

Abstract:
An assembly for use with a flywheel assembly of a press machine, said flywheel assembly including a flywheel rotatable relative to a frame structure of said press machine, said assembly comprising:housing means for defining at least one brake housing space adjacent said flywheel at a respective side thereof; and at least one brake assembly, each brake assembly being disposed, at least in part, within a respective one of said at least one brake housing space defined by said housing means and being operative to selectively apply a braking action to said flywheel at the respective side thereof, said each brake assembly having a respective flywheel engaging member arranged in facing relationship with said flywheel at the respective side thereof, and an associated hydraulic piston means for selectively reversibly moving said flywheel engaging member into braking engagement with said flywheel in response to the hydraulic activation thereof.