A life-cycle approach to braking costs

The detailed cost breakdown over 2.57 million km using the original pads includes 18 sets of pads at around £40 per set and 3.3 discs at around £2000 per disc, a total of approximately £7320. The corresponding figures for the Ferodo pads are 14 sets of pads at £50 per set plus one disc at £2000, tot...

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Published inInternational Railway Journal Vol. 52; no. 5; p. 47
Main Author Hodges, Tim
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation 01.05.2012
Subjects
Braking systems
Composite materials
Cost control
Cost reduction
Design
Environmental impact
Friction
Noise
Operating costs
Railroads
Trains
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Summary:The detailed cost breakdown over 2.57 million km using the original pads includes 18 sets of pads at around £40 per set and 3.3 discs at around £2000 per disc, a total of approximately £7320. The corresponding figures for the Ferodo pads are 14 sets of pads at £50 per set plus one disc at £2000, totalling £2700. Operating costs are dominated by the cost of replacement discs rather than the cost of the friction materials.
ISSN:2161-7376