Experimental study on grinding of a sintered friction material

✍ Scribed by E. Atzeni; L. Iuliano

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 769 KB
• Volume: 196
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0924-0136
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2007.05.037

✦ Synopsis

The grinding of friction material brake pad, necessary to ensure a flat surface, generates the surface roughness which highly influences the friction coefficient. This paper deals with an experimental activity focused on the evaluation of the surface roughness after a grinding operation of an innovative sintered friction material. A regression analysis has been used to model the relationship among surface roughness and kinematic parameters.

An instrumented tangential grinding machine controlled by a CNC system has been used in this activity. During the process the normal and tangential grinding forces have been measured by a force measurement device.