Experimental Comparison of Manufacturing Parameters in Automotive Friction Materials

Abstract

In this study, a fixed automotive friction material content was determined and the mechanical and tribological effects of manufacturing parameters on friction materials were investigated. Parameters; pre-forming time (1-3-5 min) and pre-forming pressure (8-10-12 MPa), hot pressing time (5-10-15 min) hot pressing pressure (8-10-12 MPa) and hot pressing temperature (125-150-175 °C), curing time (4-8-12 h) and curing temperature (120-150-180 °C) were determined. The friction test of the produced samples was carried out under 0.551 MPa pressure and 7 m/s rotation speed for 90 min. In addition, the average COF, friction stability, specific wear rate, density and hardness values of the samples were calculated. According to the results obtained, the average COF value increased as the pre-forming time and pressure increased. The lowest specific wear rate among all specimens was calculated as 7.622x10-6 cm3/Nm in PFP-12 specimen. With the increase in hot pressing time, the tribological properties of friction materials improved. The highest friction stability among all samples was calculated as 79.42% in the HPT-15 sample. Although there was an increase in the average COF value with increasing hot pressing pressure and temperature, the specific wear rates increased in these parameters. The highest average COF value among all samples was obtained in the CT-12 sample with a value of 0.553. The specific wear rate increased with the increase in curing time and temperature. The highest specific wear rate among all samples was calculated 10,743x10-6 cm3/Nm in the CTe-180 sample. Finally, it has been suggested that 3 min for pre-forming time, 12 MPa for pre-forming pressure; 15 min for hot pressing time, 12 MPa for hot pressing pressure, and 150°C for hot pressing temperature; and a curing time of 8 h and curing temperature of 150 °C may be sufficient.

Keywords

• Friction materials
• Manufacturing parameters
• Optimization
• Wear

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