Compound brake
The compound brake is a brake system with a brake disc that is mainly used in high-performance sports cars (e.g. in many models from BMW M GmbH ).
In contrast to a conventional brake disc, the gray cast iron friction ring is only connected to the aluminum cup of the brake disc by cast stainless steel pins .
The floating construction, together with the perforation and internal ventilation of the friction ring, not only results in a significant weight reduction and increased durability, but also largely insensitivity to the thermal load during braking at high speed, as the disc can largely expand without itself through to warp thermal stresses .
literature
- Peter Gerigk, Detlev Bruhn, Dietmar Danner: Automotive engineering. 3rd edition, Westermann Schulbuchverlag GmbH, Braunschweig, 2000, ISBN 3-14-221500-X
- Jan Drummans: The car and its technology. 1st edition, Motorbuchverlag, Stuttgart, 1992, ISBN 3-613-01288-X