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Elephant Brakes

Founded in the 1960s, Deutsche van Rietschoten & Houwans GmbH (Elephant Brakes) have been reliably at work for decades manufacturing a vast array of mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic and spring-applied disc brakes.

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Elephant Brakes

Since 1972, Elephant’s work has focused solely on braking systems. Due to their technical superiority, disc brakes have become standard technology to this day. The potential industrial applications of Elephant Brakes by Rietschoten are almost limitless.

All of Elephant’s brakes are made in Germany according to the standards of a DIN EN ISO 9001-certified quality assurance system.

Products

Hydraulic Brakes

We supply a wide selection of hydraulic brakes, for when high braking forces are needed within a limited space.

Mechanical Brakes

For simple, secondary applications we can offer mechanical brakes actuating force through a lever system or a spring with a manual adjustable tension.
Elephant Pneumatic Brake Type EB 025 EB 030

Elephant Pneumatic Actuated Brakes

We supply a plethora of pneumatically-applied disc brakes, used in almost every area in mechanical engineering.
Elephant 0031 EMS 170 TRSP

Elephant Spring-Applied Brakes

Chain & Drive supplies a wide range of passive braking systems with braking forces up to 400,000 Newtons, with versatile applications within the mechanical engineering industry.

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