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Materials and Design 26 (2005) 717–721
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Short Communication
Abstract
Bronze based brake linings, were produced by powder metallurgy technique and their wear behaviour was investigated and com-
pared to that of asbestos ones. Bronze powders were compacted under 350, 500 and 600 MPa pressures and sintered at 810 C in
ammonia atmosphere for 75 min. For the same friction distance, it was determined that temperature increase in the bronze based
brake linings was lower than that of asbestos based ones. However, higher wear rate was observed in the bronze based brake linings.
Moreover, thermal conductivity was decreased with high porosity level with low densities. Although, friction coefficient remained
the same during breaking, an increase in wear resistance was observed.
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15 min. 15 min.
2.1. Blending and compaction of powders 45 min.
Time (min.)
In experimental study, bronze based commercial lin-
ing powder with its chemical composition is given in Ta- Fig. 1. Changes in sintering temperature with time.
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0.4
300
250
Densities of sintered specimens are given in Fig. 3. In 200
addition, changes in the hardness of P/M specimens be- 150
fore and after wear tests depending on the applied load 100
were compared to that of asbestos based ones (Fig. 4). 50
0
3.2. Performance tests 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75
Braking number
Asbestos 350 MPa 500 MPa 600 MPa
Changes in the friction coefficient of asbestos based
and P/M bronze based brake lining specimens with the Fig. 6. Changes in temperature with the braking cycle.
86
Wear amount (%)
2.5
Density (%)
82
2
1.5
78
1
0.5
74
0
Pre-sintering density Sintered density
Asbestos 350 MPa 500 MPa 600 MPa
70
300 400 500 600 700 Test sipecimens
Load (MPa)
Fig. 7. Wear amount of the specimens with the pressing load after 70
Fig. 3. Changes in the density according to the applied load. braking cycles.
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3.4. Discussion
From Fig. 6, it is seen that all of the brake linings 6. To reduce wear, ceramic powders like SiO2 and MoS2
produced by PM exhibit almost the same behaviour. can be added to powder.
However, we know from the exact values of experimen-
tal dates that the sample compacted under 350 MPa
showed slightly higher temperature vs. breaking num-
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