Block

Control
System
 Goals and Objectives

• Over view of the Block Control

System.
• Description of System components.
• Theory of operation.
• Maintenance and troubleshooting of
M/D Totco components
• System Calibration
The Baylor Eddy
Current Brake
Two Major Components

DAQ

Brake
Controller
 LED & Horn
Drillers
ON/OFF
Control
Panel DAQ
Switch and Button
Controls

Controlling 2025

Signals to DAQ

Switch and Button

Control
Baylor 2025B
Brake Control EDDY Brake
DC
Power
 Electro Magnetic (EM) Field
Magnet
Conductor

Magnetic
Flux lines
 Electro Magnetic (EM) Field
Magnet Moving
conductor

Magnetic
Flux lines

Eddy currents are created

when a conductor moves
through a magnetic field. The
result is a resistance to the
movement.
 Eddy Current Brake
Electro-magnetic Rotor
coils (static) Drum

1. Coils =>1000 turns.

2. Resistance = 13 Ω +/- .5 Ω.
 Eddy Current Brake
When coils are charged to create a magnetic field, the
drum (conductor) rotating through that field is
induced with electrical eddy currents which oppose
the movement of the drum (braking action).
 Eddy Current Brake
The heat created in this process is dissipated by
circulating water through the lower part of the
housing to cool the drum.
 Eddy
Current
Brake

0.045 to 0.050 gap

tolerance between
Rotor and Coils
(no adjustment).