Featured Projects

Hindon helped a U.S. linen manufacturer upgrade their rewinder machine with a dual-function pneumatic brake that provides improved safety, reduced stopping time, and offered a cost-effective, easy-to-install upgrade.

A utility company recommissioning a dormant power plant replaces an obsolete brake with a new explosion proof thruster disc braking system.

Hindon’s custom-engineered hydraulically applied braking system greatly improved a riverboat company’s operational efficiency and safety, redefining the level of control operators had over the vessel during critical maneuvers.

Pneumatically applied braking system enabled the end user to provide an optimal training simulator for new hires.

Pneumatically applied brake designed for use on a steel uncoiler at a rolling mill.

An aluminum mill upgraded their slitter machine to include a more robust and reliable spring-applied, pneumatically released fail safe brake.

Pneumatically released disc brake solution to enhance safety by reliably immobilizing a rotary axis weld fixture in the event of a drivetrain failure.

ROPLEX™ Rotary Discharger enables customer to control discharge of multiple difficult materials from bin for use in brake pad manufacturing.

Hydraulically applied disc brakes serve as an economical retrofit solution replacing old pneumatically applied brakes in a tensioning application.

Emergency braking system involving compact hydraulically released disc brakes and custom brake mounting stands enables a retrofit solution despite significant technical challenges including dimensional constraints.

Pneumatically released fail-safe disc brake solution for reliably holding load under high torque and duty cycle requirements.

Bolt-in electromagnetic drum brakes replace customer’s old leaky brakes providing a reliable and maintenance-free braking solution in a challenging marine environment.

Spring-applied electrohydraulic thruster released disc braking system, provided with a custom disc/hub assembly, designed to optimize available space in order to meet high torque requirement of customer’s emergency brake application.

Spring applied electrohydraulic thruster released disc braking system prepared for seamless integration into recently upgraded rubber mill production line.

Automated manual foot-pedal system using electrohydraulic thrusters allowing for remote crane operation with reliable braking even in cold climates.

Bolt-in thruster drum brake replaces failing electromagnetic brake while re-using the existing brake drum and minimizing customer downtime.

Electromagnetically released fail-safe disc brake provides reliable holding under high torque and duty cycle requirements in harsh steel mill conditions.

Hydraulically released fail-safe disc braking system replaces failed emergency hoist and spout brakes in marine environment with minimal downtime.

Skid-mounted disc brake assembly with two hydraulically released floating calipers, two single engagement gear couplings, disc/hub assembly, and compact HPU for use as a turnkey holding brake solution that can be moved between customer’s multiple kiln drive lines.

Retrofit floating caliper disc braking solution for use as holding brake to replace customer’s unreliable hydraulic braking system.

Pneumatic disc braking system, provided with a custom mounting stand, to upgrade customer’s failing and unreliable emergency hoist brakes.

Two ROPLEX™ rotary plow dischargers extract crushed limestone for a FGD (flue gas desulfurization) system at a generating station in Florida.

The ROPLEX™ rotary discharger delivered 25-200 tons per hour of difficult coal gob material at a cogeneration plant.

The ROPLEX™ rotary discharger was an effective solution to move thousands of tons of sewage sludge preventing discharge problems.