The secret of a safe braking is also in the tablets
Brembo, world leader of the brakes, Integra its offer with a complete range of high performance pads, the result of avant -garde technology aimed at improving the safety of the entire braking system.
With a wide variety of mixes, from the left -handed to carbon -ceramic, and a very high number of product codes, Brembo meets the specific needs of all types of motorcycles - competition, road, city, off -road - and the expectations of all the drivers.
Mix
The mixes normally used in braking systems can be classified in two families, organic and sinter and the use of one type rather than the other is absolutely not linked to use: in fact there are brake pads of different types in the same users of users.
Sinterized materials: They are composed of metal dust, with additions of lubricants and abrasives that are agglomerated together through a process with high pressure and temperatures. The compound is fixed to the metal support of the desired form during the sintering process without adding any glue. Metal powders determine how much the tablet brakes and how stable it is at high temperatures; Lubricants contribute to the overall braking stability, abrasives keep the discs clean.
Organic materials: They are mainly composed of binding resins, metals, lubricants and abrasives. In this case, the friction coefficient is generated by metals and resins, while lubricants and abrasives carry out the work described above.
Choice of compound: The pads have their own scope. This depends on the different situations that a brake pad has to face: Racing - privileges the braking at high temperatures, road â - high stability, cold braking and medium temperatures. Brembo has an answer for every need.
Rodaggio: It is very important for all compounds and even fundamental for the RC compound. This operation is completed by carrying out a series of light braking and a subsequent braking leaving time between one and the other. Thus a correct thermal heating and cooling of the system is made. The running -in period depends on the type of compound: longer running in the organic compared to sinter.
The performance of the compounds, very different from each other, are described through the following parameters:
Efficiency (i.e. how much the core cutle): It is expressed through the medium friction coefficient and the stability of the friction to the main quantities that characterize the braking (speed, deceleration, temperature). It is detected through appropriate tests at the counter and on the vehicle.
Wear: It is expressed as the amount of worn friction material (in mm. thick or in volume) compared to the number of braking carried out (bench) or km. Routes (vehicle).
The functional differences between the various mixes can be summarized by observing the friction coefficient according to the operating temperature: the RC compound (organic racing, where 350 - 450 ° C. Of operating temperature can be considered normal conditions) has a very high hot friction coefficient, while the road mixes (as is the SA Sinterized road) are designed to work at the best of medium/bass temperatures, and precisely around 300 ° C. So the latter, if used on the track and therefore urged beyond measure, will be affected by the "Fading" effect and that is the degradation of the friction coefficient: in fact, beyond a certain temperature, they will tend to lose efficiency. On the contrary, using mixes racing on the road (and therefore with cold discs), the grip will not be so good and you can have the braking a little long. The intermediate compounds are naturally a compromise between these situations described, they will provide good performance in all conditions while not excelled with the two extreme garments of the range of operating temperature.