Conventional and unconventional materials used in the production of brake pads – review
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Abstract Brakes are one of the most important components of vehicle. The brake system must be reliable and display unchanging action throughout its use, as it guards the health and life of many people. Properly matched friction pair, a disc and brake pad (in disc brakes), have a great impact on these factors. In most cases, the disc is made of grey cast iron. The brake pads are far more complex components. New technologies make it possible to develop materials with various compositions and different proportions, and connect them permanently in fully controllable processes. This elaboration shows that all these factors have a greater or lesser impact on the coefficient of friction, resistance to friction wear and high temperature, and brake pad’s operating life. This review collects the most important, the most interesting, and the most unconventional materials used in production of brake pads, and characterizes their impact on the tribological properties of pads.
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OpenAlex topics: Brake Systems and Friction Analysis · Tribology and Wear Analysis · Powder Metallurgy Techniques and Materials
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Bialystok University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering , Wiejska 45C , Bialystok , Poland
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