Automotive suppliers must be alert and responsive to a steady routine of process or material revisions, particularly in an automotive industry shaped by regulatory standards and hooked on the appeal ...

There was time in hot rodding when brakes were a "must-have" but not a "brag-worthy" item. After all, they just "slowed you down;" and who was going to brag to their buddies about that? Enter the ...

Historically, the greatest contributions to airborne asbestos concentrations during brake repair work were likely due to specific, short-duration, dust-generating activities. In this paper, the ...

Brake manufacturers are continually working with their friction material suppliers on new materials that satisfy the market's demand for noise, cost and wear with no compromise in performance. But ...

This blog is a compilation of publicly available information on Safran Group’s (Paris, France) production of carbon fiber-reinforced carbon (carbon/carbon) brake discs for aircraft. The company ...