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Development of a Net Shape Manufacturing Method for Ventilated Brake Discs in Single Piece Design
Author(s) -
Zuber Ch.,
Heidenreich B.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
materialwissenschaft und werkstofftechnik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.285
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1521-4052
pISSN - 0933-5137
DOI - 10.1002/mawe.200600996
Subject(s) - materials science , brake , composite material , ceramic , brake pad , ceramic matrix composite , porosity , mechanical engineering , metallurgy , engineering
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.