6.12 Green Brake System 2 – Process development 

SPOKE DI RIFERIMENTO
SPOKE CORRELATI
PROJECT LEADER
Carlo Panzeri
DATA INIZIO
Luglio 2024
DATA FINE
Dicembre 2025
PROPOSER
Brembo S.p.A
PARTNER COINVOLTI

Politecnico di Milano 

6.12 Green Brake System 2 – Process development 

Development of an innovative brake system, able to reduce the PM10 emission according to new Euro7 norm. Target is a reduction of more than 65% of the emission respect to the traditional braking system.

The project aims to develop a new brake friction material on brake disc component adding a specific coating layer to the standard cast iron, based on innovative technology of additive manufacturing. Two technologies research lines has been approached: Laser Metal Deposition and Cold Gas Spray. The comparison between the 2 technologies will be explored through mainly experimental approaches guided by statistical techniques for experimental design, such as DoE.

RISULTATI ATTESI

Product development:

  • Development of coating layer that reduce the PM10 brake emission more than 65% respect to traditional brake system (currently in the market)
  • Characterization of metallic microstructure to guarantee the quality and durability in all final user conditions and highest sustainability (energy and materials)
  • Validation test campaign to validate all final users condition

Process development:

  • Application of Additive Manufacturing technology with metallic powder efficiency above 85% reached through process parameter DOE
  • Process optimization to define the larger parameter limits maintaining stable product quality
  • Process optimization to define the larger parameter limits maintaining stable machining quality and highest sustainability (energy and materials)
  • Develop dynamic parametric machining based on coating thickness through the design of a dedicated Industrial IoT architecture

Quality:

  • Research of a not destructive measurement system of the layer thickness (currently not available in the market)