Tell me everything you know about Carbon Ceramic Brake Discs
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Manufacturers: Brembo, AP Racing and others.
Carbon-Carbon: Used mainly for racing. Wear is relatively quick. Braking efficiency (and wear) varies significantly with temperature. Disc and pad made from identical carbon material. Temperatures can run very high so good cooling of the disc and caliper is essential. Brake fluid used must be able to sustain high temperature.
Carbon Ceramic: Much like C-C above except the disc is impregnated with various resins and silicon powder which creates a harder and longer lasting disc. Unlike a C-C brake the pads are made from materials more like a normal brake pad. Similar temperature considerations as C-C but with different characteristics.
Since they are related friction components you will find Carbon-Carbon clutches and Carbon Ceramic clutches as well, for instance from AP Racing.
Carbon-Carbon: Used mainly for racing. Wear is relatively quick. Braking efficiency (and wear) varies significantly with temperature. Disc and pad made from identical carbon material. Temperatures can run very high so good cooling of the disc and caliper is essential. Brake fluid used must be able to sustain high temperature.
Carbon Ceramic: Much like C-C above except the disc is impregnated with various resins and silicon powder which creates a harder and longer lasting disc. Unlike a C-C brake the pads are made from materials more like a normal brake pad. Similar temperature considerations as C-C but with different characteristics.
Since they are related friction components you will find Carbon-Carbon clutches and Carbon Ceramic clutches as well, for instance from AP Racing.
Panamax said:
Manufacturers: Brembo, AP Racing and others.
Carbon-Carbon: Used mainly for racing. Wear is relatively quick. Braking efficiency (and wear) varies significantly with temperature. Disc and pad made from identical carbon material. Temperatures can run very high so good cooling of the disc and caliper is essential. Brake fluid used must be able to sustain high temperature.
Carbon Ceramic: Much like C-C above except the disc is impregnated with various resins and silicon powder which creates a harder and longer lasting disc. Unlike a C-C brake the pads are made from materials more like a normal brake pad. Similar temperature considerations as C-C but with different characteristics.
Since they are related friction components you will find Carbon-Carbon clutches and Carbon Ceramic clutches as well, for instance from AP Racing.
NEVER thought about the clutch possibilities. Interesting... Carbon-Carbon: Used mainly for racing. Wear is relatively quick. Braking efficiency (and wear) varies significantly with temperature. Disc and pad made from identical carbon material. Temperatures can run very high so good cooling of the disc and caliper is essential. Brake fluid used must be able to sustain high temperature.
Carbon Ceramic: Much like C-C above except the disc is impregnated with various resins and silicon powder which creates a harder and longer lasting disc. Unlike a C-C brake the pads are made from materials more like a normal brake pad. Similar temperature considerations as C-C but with different characteristics.
Since they are related friction components you will find Carbon-Carbon clutches and Carbon Ceramic clutches as well, for instance from AP Racing.
If you want to show some background knowledge you can talk about carbon brakes first being developed for aircraft applications. Initially military aircraft and subsequently for Concord.
Similarly ABS braking was first devised for aircraft - the mechanical Dunlop Maxaret system. You'll find some interesting stuff on the link below. Modern ABS is radically different; highly dependent on electronics and digital control which only matured in the 1980s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxaret
It's also worth reading up on the history of Hitco (Californian carbon manufacturer) and AP Racing who first took carbon for brakes and clutches into Formula 1.
https://www.racetechmag.com/article/ap-racing-and-...
Similarly ABS braking was first devised for aircraft - the mechanical Dunlop Maxaret system. You'll find some interesting stuff on the link below. Modern ABS is radically different; highly dependent on electronics and digital control which only matured in the 1980s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxaret
It's also worth reading up on the history of Hitco (Californian carbon manufacturer) and AP Racing who first took carbon for brakes and clutches into Formula 1.
https://www.racetechmag.com/article/ap-racing-and-...
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