Development of a Net Shape Manufacturing Method for Ventilated Brake Discs in Single Piece Design
✍ Scribed by Ch. Zuber; B. Heidenreich
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 464 KB
- Volume
- 37
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0933-5137
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✦ Synopsis
Carbon fibre reinforced ceramic matrix composites (CMC), originally developed for lightweight heat shields of spacecraft, are used for high performance brake discs in sports cars from different manufacturers. In contrast to the CMC materials for space applications, based on woven fabrics and costly manufacturing methods, these low cost friction materials are produced by liquid silicon infiltration of porous Carbon/Carbon (C/C) preforms, based on short fibre reinforced CFRP green bodies manufactured via warm press technique. In this work, different manufacturing methods for ventilated CMC brake discs are compared to each other, and the development of a new technology for the manufacture of single piece C/ C-SiC brake discs in net shape technique is presented.