CERAMIC DISC BRAKE

NAME:PRAVEEN PATTAR
BATCH:GET AUG 2016

CONTENTS

MAIN REQUIREMENTS
STOPPING DISTANCE OF VEHICLE DEPENDS ON
Disc brakes
Ceramic disc brakes
Ceramic disc brakes and conventional disc brakes
Manufacturing of ceramic disc brakes
PCCB
Advantages & Disadvantages of ceramic brake
disc
Applications

MAIN REQUIREMENTS

Brakes must be strong enough to stop the vehicle

within the possible distance in an emergency.
(safety)
Brakes should have good anti-fade characteristics
also on constant prolonged application its
effectiveness should not decrease.

STOPPING DISTANCE OF VEHICLE

DEPENDS ON
Vehicle speed
Condition of road surface.
Condition of tyre thread
Coefficient of friction
Braking force applied by the driver

DISC BRAKE

CERAMIC DISC BRAKES AND

CONVENTIONAL DISC BRAKES
Grey cast iron disc is heavy which reduces
acceleration, uses more fuel.
Ceramic disc brake weighs less than conventional
disc brakes but have same frictional values, used
in F-1 racing cars etc.
CDB good at wet conditions but conventional disc
fails in wet conditions.
CDBs are 61% lighter, reduces 20kg of car, apart
we can save the fuel, resulting in better mileage.
Improve the shock absorber. We can add more
safety features instead of the current weight

MANUFACTURE OF CERAMIC DISC

BRAKE
In earlier days disc brakes were made from
conventional brittle ceramic material.
Daimler Chrysler made carbon fiber reinforced brake
discs which avoid the brittleness problem. In the
earlier days, long carbon fibers were used. Later the
use of short carbon fibers increased the efficiency.

short carbon fibres + carbon powder + resin

mix(at1000 DC, sintering) = stable carbon frame
work.
This carbon fibers are in carbon matrix. Once
cooled this material can be ground like wood and
the break disk obtains its final shape.

Together with silicon the ground break disk blank

is then inserted into the furnace a second time.
The pores in the carbon framework absorb the
silicon melt like a sponge; the fibers themselves
remain unaffected by this process.
The ceramic material is created when the matrix
carbon combines with liquid silicon. This fiber
reinforced ceramic material cools over night and
the gleaming dark grey break disk is ready
Resins : thermo plastics resins and thermo
setting resins.

PORSCHE CERAMIC DISC

BRAKES (PCCB)
Porsche has developed
new high performance
disc brakes, (PCCB).
CDB with the involute
cooling ducts for an
efficient cooling. Offers
braking response,
fading stability, weight
& service life. Does not
require substantial
pedal forces or any
technical assistance.

PCCB
ensures
maximum
deceleration
from
without
any
particular pressure on the brake
pedal.
It
response
under
wet
condition. New braking linings cannot
absorb water. Cross drilled brake
discs help to optimize response of the
brakes also in wet weather.
The process involves of carbon
powder, resins and carbon fibres in a
furnace to about 1700DC is a high
vacuum process

ADVANTAGES

50% lighter than metal disc brakes reduces 20kg of

car. In the case of train 36 disc brakes saving
amount to 6 tons . Apart from saving fuel also
reduce unsprung masses with a further improvement
of shock absorber response & behavior.
High frictional values in deceleration process
Porsche- 100 to 0 km in 3 sec.
Daewoos Nexia- 100 to 0 km in 4 sec.
Brake temperature.
Resistance up to 2000 DC.
Still runs after 300000 km need not change CDB.

No wear, maintenance free and heat and

rust resistant even under high oxygen
concn.
Heavy commercial can be braked safely
over long distance without maintenance.
DISADVANTAGES

High initial cost and high

cost of production.
As the advantages listed
above we can hope CDB will
work out to be cheaper in
the future.

APPLICATIONS

FORMULA1- in mid 90s French sports car

specialist Venturi.
Porsche 911 turbo- with a top speed of 305 km/h
and acceleration from rest to 100 km/h in 4.2s. Its
engine 3.6 L with 420 hp max torque 560 Nm is
still running with PCCB.
911GT2- and Mercedes Benzs futuristic vision
GST is going to reinforce CDB .

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