New research program for carbon brakes
A specialist consortium, supported by UK government investment, is developing carbon composite braking systems to solve a range of challenges across multiple industries. Federal-Mogul is one of the project partners, helping to deliver a durable and effective product and opening new opportunities for the company.
“Potential applications are wide ranging,” said Federal-Mogul technical manager David Holme, based at the company’s Friction Technology Centre near Derby in the UK. “As well as demand for reduced weight to cut CO2 emissions in the automotive industry, there is a need for lighter weight, higher performance braking systems in the rail industry and for brakes offering greater consistency across a range of process industries. If we can match or exceed the performance of today’s best systems, but at a much lower cost, the benefits will be substantial.”
Carbon composite brake discs provide substantial improvements in both performance and weight compared to traditional iron discs, but the cost of such systems has so far made them largely unaffordable in the majority of applications (including commercial vehicles, trains, industrial equipment, and all but the most exotic cars) where their performance characteristics could bring substantial benefits.
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