Use of bamboo fiber as a brake pad lining material and the influence of its portion on hardness and durability

Abstract

This study aims to optimize non asbestos brake pad lining component to find their dynamic characterization. The brake pad component material was made from bamboo fiber, aluminum powder, fiber glass and polyester as matrix. The initial characterization consists of its hardness and wearness in the water and dry condition. The result is highest hardness 14.47 BHN more than existing brake pad 13.7 BHN. Wearness on Ogoshi in dry condition is lowest 0.00041mm2/kg, while on water wearness variation 1 has lowest wearness 0.0062 mm2/kg, whether in oil wet condition variation 2 has lowest wearness 0.0003 mm2/kg. The characterization shows that the brake pad lining that we were made are close to existing characterization.