Brake claims
24th November 1984, Page 16
24th November 1984
Page 16
Page 16, 24th November 1984
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Keywords :
Organic Polymers, Personal Armour, Synthetic Fibers, Brake Lining, Asbestos, Aramid, Kevlar
CLAIMS of trailer and semitrailer non-asbestos brake linings lasting twice as long as conventional, asbestos-based linings are being made by Beral-Bremsbelag, the West German friction material manufacturer.
This contrasts starkly with reports from Tilcon's engineer Sam Dunnico at the ETMC conference in Barcelona (CM, November 17) of non-asbestos linings disintegrating and possibly leading to impaired braking efficiency.
Beral is using Du Pont's Kevlar aramid pulp material as a substitute for asbestos in its linings. Longer service life and reduced drum wear more than offset the higher initial cost of Kevlar linings says the manufacturer.