AN IRON ALLOY BRAKE DISC COATING AND PROCESS FOR ITS MANUFACTURE

• Main Author: HAUG, Tilmann
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 18.01.2017
• Subjects: ALLOYS; BLASTING; BRAKES; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; CHEMISTRY; CLUTCHES; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATIONOR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY IONIMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; HEATING; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION INGENERAL; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; METALLURGY; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THESURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS; WEAPONS

A wear-resistant coating made from an iron alloy composition on brake disc brake surfaces is disclosed. The wear-resistant coating has 0.5 to 2% by weight C, 3 to 13% by weight Al and a residual portion of Fe supplementing the 100% by weight. A method for coating the brake disc is also disclosed.