The high torque, electromagnetic toothed brake is used to control the gate of a high security door access control system.
The design team at SG Transmission were approached by a manufacturer to increase the existing brake’s torque for security reasons, within the same space envelope to avoid any design changes.
Comment: The UK is closer to deindustrialisation than reindustrialisation
"..have been years in the making" and are embedded in the actors - thus making it difficult for UK industry to move on and develop and apply...