A new Brake Material Screening Module is now available for Bruker’s UMT Tribolab, for testing brake pad materials in the automotive industry. Save time and money by testing smaller samples on Bruker’s reliable, industry-tested, benchtop screening and characterisation platform.
Blue Scientific is the official distributor for Bruker tribology testing instruments in the Nordic region (Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Denmark, Norway). For more information and quotes, please get in touch:
[icon icon=”user”] Bruker UMT Tribolab
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Test Smaller Samples
The new module expands the capabilities of the Bruker UMT TriboLab, which is the most widely used platform worldwide for testing friction and wear. The test simulates the standard SAE J2522 (AK Master) test at benchtop scale for the first time.
Now you can test significantly smaller samples on a benchtop system. This shortens the total characterisation time from days to hours, speeding up brake material development considerably. There’s no longer any need to build whole brake pads for screening tests, when smaller samples can be tested quickly.
With faster screening you can quickly select the best sample materials to develop further for complete dynamometer functional testing. This will result in significant savings in costs and time, so you can get new products to market faster.
Test Types
The new module measures friction under various conditions:
- Pressures
- Speeds
- Deceleration times
- Temperatures
The system applies comparable contact pressures levels to those used in a full-scale dynamometer rig. The UMT Tribolab is extremely flexible; you can easily programme industry-standard dynamometer protocols and standards, while monitoring key parameters such as friction and temperature.
Perform a comprehensive range of screening tests:
- Constant deceleration test mode
- Constant velocity (drag) test mode
- Brake material COF as a function of:
- Velocity
- Temperature
- Contact pressure
- Effect of humidity on brake material behaviour
- Fade and recovery protocols
[mini-icon icon=”arrow-right”] Application Note: Correlation Between Benchtop & Dynamometer Tests
[mini-icon icon=”arrow-right”] Brake Material Screening Tester Datasheet
[testimonial author=”Charles W. Greening, Jr., President of Greening, a leading provider of custom-engineered dynamometers and brake and friction material test equipment.”]Brake pad materials are constantly changing as a result of new requirements and regulations. There is an industry need for a means to effectively screen friction materials for interactions that take place during the braking process at their developmental stage, and TriboLab delivers a compact and cost-effective solution. It has proven capable of generating useful data that can correlate well with dynamometer tests. We are pleased to partner with Bruker and assist in the launch of the Brake Material Screening Module.[/testimonial]
[testimonial author=”James Earle, Vice President and General Manager of Bruker Tribology, Stylus and Optical Metrology”]Bruker continues its commitment to provide the automotive industry with turn-key solutions tailored to reduce time and cost in the development of new materials. The Brake Material Screening Module is the only tool on the market that can provide direct correlation with industry-standard testing methods. Our goal was to provide a unique characterisation capability and a cost-effective method for research and development of brake materials, and the extensive data that we have collected points to a successful completion of this goal.[/testimonial]
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Bruker UMT TriboLab
The UMT TriboLab is the most versatile and widely used tribometer:
- Versatile, modular system
- Higher speeds, more torque and better force measurement than alternative instruments
- Perform all comon tribological tests at the nano and micro scale
[mini-icon icon=”arrow-right”] More about the UMT Tribolab…
[mini-icon icon=”arrow-right”] Friction testing in the automotive industry…
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Further Information
Blue Scientific is the official Nordic distributor of Bruker’s tribology testing systems. For more information or quotes, please get in touch:
[icon icon=”next”] Contact us on +44 (0)1223 422 269 or info@blue-scientific.com
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