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A drum brake is a brake that uses friction caused by a set of shoes or pads that press Engineering Book Store
against a rotating drum-shaped part called a brake drum. Engineering Forum
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The term drum brake usually means a brake in which shoes press on the inner surface of Online Books & Manuals
the drum. When shoes press on the outside of the drum, it is usually called a clasp brake.
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Where the drum is pinched between two shoes, similar to a conventional disc brake, it is
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sometimes called a pinch drum brake, though such brakes are relatively rare. A related
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type called a band brake uses a flexible belt or "band" wrapping around the outside of a Engineering Toolbox
drum.
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This type is used on vehicles and has two shoes, lined with friction material, which make GD&T Training Geometric
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contact with the inside surface of a hollow drum.
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Torque for left-hand shoe:
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Torque right-hand shoe:

Total torque:

T = TL + TR

With K as Previously determined.

Maximum pressure:
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