PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Protsenko, Vladyslav
AU  - Malashchenko, Volodymyr
AU  - Babii, Mykhaylo
AU  - Nastasenko, Valentyn
AU  - Protasov, Roman
AU  - Brumerčík, František
AU  - Macko, Marek
TI  - Redundant Constraints in Crane Disc Brake Mechanism: Effect and Disposal Perspectives
DP  - 2025 Apr 1
TA  - Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina
PG  - B118--B125
VI  - 27
IP  - 2
AID - 10.26552/com.C.2025.029
IS  - 13354205
AB  - In this paper is considered a promising design of the braking disk mechanism of a construction crane. The analysis of the kinematics of the brake pad drive has shown that due to redundant links in the brake pad drive mechanism the latter are not able to self-align. This leads to uneven braking torque during the smooth braking, overloads and deterioration of the positioning accuracy of the load suspended on the cable. Based on the methods of analyzing the kinematics of complex mechanisms, two variants of modernization without redundant links are proposed. Both variants can be realized without changing the kinematics of the mechanism, but they differ in the complexity of the joint manufacturing technology and depend on the design and dimensional limitations of the brake.