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Ceramic Brake Pad Manufacturers and Suppliers

IQS Directory provides an extensive list of ceramic brake pad suppliers. Utilize our website to review and source ceramic brake pad suppliers with our easy-to-use features which allow you to locate ceramic brake pad companies that will design and engineer ceramic brake pads for your exact specifications. Our request for quote forms make it easy to connect with leading ceramic brake pad suppliers. View company profiles, website links, locations, phone number, product videos, customer reviews, product specific news articles and other production information. We are a leading manufacturer directory who will connect you with the right manufacturers whether you are looking for ceramic brake shoe pads, ceramic brake calipers, or brake shoe blocks.

  • Cleveland, OH

    You only need to know one name for your friction material needs: Cook Bonding & Manufacturing. We have been working hard for over 3 decades and specialize in the manufacture of high quality friction materials, gear tooth facings, press blocks, crane brake shoes and hoist frictions. Most products are in stock; custom-made products are also available. Let our experience and expertise work for you.

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  • Mount Kisco, NY

    ProTec Friction Group is a producer of friction components and forms. By combining our manufacturing expertise with our supply chain knowledge, we are able to bring friction solutions to our customers. Our broad stock selection includes a full line of organic and synthetic friction materials, clutch and break sets, clutch buttons and more. Specialized products are also available.

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  • Canton, OH

    Cleveland Oak's friction material products division designs & manufactures friction products such as brake shoes, clutch facings, bands, disc brake pad products plus clutch pads. We keep metric & standard molded, sheet & woven friction materials in stock & perform friction materials bonding and riveting. In business since 1916, our high quality friction materials are economically priced as well.

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  • Canton, CT

    For more than 60 years Clutch Engineering has been a distributor in industrial power transmissions. Our specialties are in brakes & clutches, flexible couplings, universal joints & driveshafts, and friction materials. With our expert team and determination, we strive to exceed the consumer's expectations.

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  • Sterling Heights, MI

    The Friction Group of Miba HydraMechanica designs and manufactures friction materials and brake friction materials for wet and dry applications. We serve various industries, including automotive and agricultural. Visit our website today for more information on our friction materials.

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Ceramic Brake Pads

Ceramic brake pads are implemented by brake shoes or calipers, which press them against spinning wheels, rotors, or discs to reduce speed as a result of increased friction. The materials used for brake pads or brake bands must be able to withstand the frictional force of braking as this mechanical component receives the brunt of that process.

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Applications of Ceramic Brake Pads

As ceramics have long been praised for their heat resistance and durability, they have become a prime choice for brake pad manufacturers. The extreme hardness, resistance to weathering and wear, high stiffness, resistance to chemical corrosion, and compressive strength of these non-metallic substances heighten their applicability. Automotive, agricultural, and transit industries make use of both commercial and industrial grade ceramic brake pads.

Manufacturing Process of Ceramic Brake Pads

Ceramics begin as a granular powder that is purified before being measured and often combined with other ceramics or substances such as metal shavings. The friction materials are then bonded together by manufacturing techniques such as sintering, firing, hot pressing, hipping, extrusion, fusing, slip or pressure casting, injection molding, and deposition, many of which can be utilized in the production of a wide variety of brake pads.

Because these composites retain the positive qualities of each element entered into them, they can be made specific to a given industrial or commercial application. Alumina, or aluminum oxide, boron carbides, and silicon carbide are the most common of the advanced, technical, and engineering grade ceramics used in the production of brake pads.

How Ceramic Brake Pads Work

The basic process of braking relies heavily on the functionality and efficiency of the brake pad. When a lever or pedal is pressed, it sets into motion a chain of events, beginning with the release of brake fluid, which is put under pressure and travels to the braking mechanism of each wheel where a small hydraulic pump engages the shoe or caliper. Ceramic brake pads, attached with strong adhesive glue or rivets, are thus pressed against the spinning surface of the wheel or disc. The friction created by contact between the two materials causes the wheel to slow in proportion to the amount of pressure applied.

Benefits of Using Ceramic Brake Pads

Because ceramics maintain their structural integrity even in the presence of tremendous heat, they offer increased stopping power as compared to metallic counterparts which experience thermal expansion. While a grating or squealing noise is produced by this friction, ceramics generate a frequency beyond human hearing capabilities and thus are less of an annoyance to consumers. Reduced dust is another significant benefit of ceramic brake pads. The friction inherent in braking grinds both the rotor and the pad, generating small pad fragments that break off and can cause a loss of traction or vibration. The durability and heat resistance of ceramics significantly reduce the amount of brake-dust generation. Shimmed, chamfered, and slotted ceramic brake pads further reduce heat expansion-related cracks and noises.



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