PNEUMATIC DISC BREAK

SYNOPSIS
The disc brake or disk brake is a device for slowing or stopping the rotation of a
wheel. A brake disc usually made of cast iron or ceramic composites is connected to the
wheel and/or the axle. To stop the wheel, friction material in the form of brake pads
(mounted on a device called a brake caliper) is forced mechanically, pneumatically,
pneumatically or electromagnetically against both sides of the disc. Friction causes the
disc and attached wheel to slow or stop. The disc brake converts friction to heat, but if the
brakes get too hot, they will cease to work because they cannot dissipate enough heat.
The word "Pneumatic" means that this system uses liquids in it (Brake fluid,
usually ethylene glycol). It is a system that uses pressure applied on one piston to exert
pressure onto a larger piston clamping the disc brakes.

INTRODUCTION
In most of the garages the vehicles are braking by using ordinary braking system.
Whether you drive a motorbike or a pickup truck, you probably have disc brakes on your
vehicle. And even though you probably never think about their function, they are the
single most important function on your vehicle.
Though there are several types of motor brakes, the drum and the disk, the disk brakes
are more commonly used. Disc brakes are far better than drum brakes because of their
powerful stopping ability. Disc brakes handle substantially better in wet weather
conditions.

WORKING PRINCIPLE
Pneumatics is based on a very simple fact of nature - you cannot compress a liquid.
You can compress a gas (think about putting more and more air into a tire, the more you
put in, the higher the pressure). If you're really strong you can compress a solid mass as
well. But no matter how much pressure you apply onto a liquid, it isn't possible to
compress it. Now if you put that liquid into a sealed system and push on it at one end,
that pressure is transmitted through the liquid to the other end of the system. The pressure
is not diminished.
Most modern cars have disc brakes on the front wheels, and some have disc brakes
on all four wheels. This is the part of the brake system that does the actual work of
stopping the car.

The most common type of disc brake on modern

cars is the single-piston floating caliper. In this article, we
will learn all about this type of disc brake design.

The main components of a disc brake are:

The brake pads

The caliper, which contains a piston

The rotor, which is mounted to the hub

The disc brake is a lot like the brakes on a bicycle. Bicycle brakes have a

caliper, which squeezes the brake pads against the wheel. In a disc brake, the brake
pads squeeze the rotor instead of the wheel, and the force is transmitted pneumatically
instead of through a cable. Friction between the pads and the disc slows the disc down.
A moving car has a certain amount of kinetic energy, and the brakes have to
remove this energy from the car in order to stop it. How do the brakes do this? Each
time you stop your car, your brakes convert the kinetic energy to heat generated by the
friction between the pads and the disc. Most car disc brakes are vented. Vented disc
brakes have a set of vanes, between the two sides of the disc that pumps air through the
disc to provide cooling.

ADVANTAGES
1) High Strength
2) Brake cost will be less.
3) Free from wear adjustment.
4) Installation is simplified very much.

DISADVANTAGES
1. Costly when compare to mechanical brake
2. Addition cost is required to install this system to four wheeler

APPLICATION
Four wheeler application
Two wheeler