Investigation of the Use of a New Binder Material in Automotive Brake Pad

Abstract

In this study, the usability of waste banana peel and banana tree bark with a fibrous structure as binders was investigated experimentally. Ac-cordingly, the amount of fiber, friction regulator, filler, abrasive and sol-id lubricant is fixed, and three different brake pad samples were pro-duced by adding 10% banana peel and 10% banana tree bark powders by reducing the amount of phenolic resin. Production was carried out by conventional dry mixing method and powder metallurgy method. For this, firstly a homogeneous mixture of all ingredients is provided. The mixture transferred to the mold was pressed at room temperature firstly. Samples obtained as the first form were subjected to hot pressing in the mold again. Thus, the ability of the resin to hold all the materials together has become active. Finally, the samples were cleaned and prepared for the tests. To examine the braking performance of the produced pads, a specially designed brake tester with brake disc was used. Friction, wear, density and hardness tests of the pads were made. SEM images of friction surfaces of pads were taken and microstructures were examined. The ef-fect of using banana waste as a binder in the brake pad on braking per-formance was evaluated. As a result, it was observed that banana wastes are alternative materials that can be used in brake pads.

Friction and wear characteristics of brake friction materials obtained from fiber and huntite blends

“…In studies in the literature on brake friction materials, materials such as phenolic resin (Wei et al , 2021), banana peel and banana tree bark (Sugözü and Sugözü, 2020) have been used as binders. Glass fiber (Mahale et al , 2019), steel fiber (Jeganmohan and Sugozu, 2020), basalt fiber (Aras and Tarakçıoğlu, 2021) and fibrous vegetable products (Liu et al , 2019) are used as reinforcing agents.…”

Experimental Comparison of Manufacturing Parameters in Automotive Friction Materials

“…However, asbestos has been banned in many countries due to the health hazards it poses. The composition of friction materials consists of various components, including binders, fibers, fillers, friction materials, lubricants and abrasives [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]. The correct selection and composition of these components is crucial in determining the friction behavior, wear resistance and thermal performance of friction materials.…”

Evaluation of blue Cupressus Arizona cone in automotive brake pad biocomposite

“…Researchers have ground pine cones (Sugözü and Sugözü 2020a;Mazur et al 2022), pine cone powder (Aras and Tarakçıoğlu 2021), Pinus brutia cone (Jeganmohan and Sugozu 2019), hazelnut shell (Öktem and Uygur 2019), walnut shell (Akıncıoğlu et al 2020), banana peel (Sugözü and Sugözü 2020b), miscanthus (Kchaou et al 2021), palm kernel powder (Jeganmohan et al 2020), rice straw powder (Mutlu and Keskin 2021), plant-based natural fibres (Yashwhanth et al 2021), cashew (Singaravelu et al 2019), pineapple fibre (Singh et al 2020), palm kernel (Pujari and Srikiran 2019), corn stalk fiber (Liu et al 2019), flax fibre (Sathish et al 2019), and palm kernel husk (Fono-Tamo and Koya 2017) for use in brake pads. Researchers in different fields of biocomposite production have used epoxy composites reinforced with Banyan air root fibers (Ganapathy et al 2021).…”