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Wear rate is reduced for carbon/carbon aircraft brakes. (Polymers/Ceramics).
Advanced Materials & Processes, October, 2002
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New techniques that significantly improve the wear rate of carbon/carbon composites have resulted in improved disk brake systems for aircraft, reports Honeywell Aircraft Landing Systems, South Bend, Ind. The process involves infiltrating ceramic additives into carbon/carbon disk brake preforms, and is effective in achieving homogeneous dispersion of the additives throughout preform cross sections.
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Specifically, aqueous vacuum infiltration techniques and heat treatment schedules have been developed to incorporate the ceramic additives. Defined heat treatment processes convert oxide ...
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