All about Sintered Brake Pads
Written on August 17, 2008 – 10:34 pm | by BikersUnite
You must have heard a lot of talk about the Sintered brake pads and their advantages over regular organic pads. But what are these sintered pads and do they provide better value for the buck? Let us first understand Sintering.
Sintering is a method for making objects from powder, by heating the material (below its melting point – solid state sintering) until its particles adhere to each other. In most cases the density of a collection of grains increases as material flows into voids, causing a decrease in overall volume.
The major advantages of the process are:
- the possibility of very high purity for the starting materials and their great uniformity.
- preservation of purity.
Sintered Brake pads are characterised by high and permanent friction coefficient at temperatures up to 800 ° C, and thermal stability with minimum abrasion. These are ideal for High performance motorcycles and race track use. Some modern performance motorcycles specify HH as standard. Sintered pads do not contain asbestos, glass fibre or formaldehydes, and are environmentally friendly. They can be used in dry oil bath. In comparison with standard organic friction materials, their service life is several times longer. Where required, unique STAINLESS STEEL radiator plates are fitted to reduce heat transfer into bikes hydraulics.
Sintered brake pads last longer than organic pads sometimes over 4-5 times longer. Though they provide higher bite than regular pads, sometimes it’s more advisable to use organic GG pads for street use since a sintered HH pad in rear can cause a biker to lose control under heavy braking at rear. Most common usage of pads is a combination of sintered HH pads in front of the bike with a more softer organic pad in rear disc brake.
Sintered Brake Pads are available at: PlanetDSG.com
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