CAB-TEC - Composite Automotive Braking Technologies for future LCV.

CAB-TEC是一种面向未来低碳汽车的新型汽车制动系统。其目的是为这个新兴行业提供一种重量轻、成本效益高的替代品，以取代重金属部件，如灰铸铁-50多年来的传统材料选择。在未来的LCV中，重量将是至关重要的，目前，汽车制造商仍然必须将铸铁转子安装到他们的车辆上，因为没有经济可行的轻量化替代品存在。重量负担不仅延伸到转子本身[家庭轿车65公斤]，它也构成了车辆簧下重量的一部分。簧下重量的减少对于提高燃油经济性是非常有益的，并且是允许现代车辆中簧上重量向前安全减少的关键推动因素，其中任何减少都对加速和转弯具有积极影响，并且还提高了悬架保持轮胎抓地力的能力。从簧下重量减少节省的燃料远远超过实现等效减少车身。CAB-TEC是一个为期一年的可行性计划，汇集了来自汽车摩擦材料，汽车制动系统设计和复合材料行业的专业知识。

CAB-TEC is a new type of automotive braking system for future Low Carbon Vehicle’s. The aim is to provide this emerging industry with a lightweight and cost-effective alternative to heavy metal componentry such as grey cast iron - the traditional material of choice for over 50 years. In future LCV’s, weight will be critical, where currently, car makers still have to fit cast iron rotors to their vehicles as no economically viable lightweight alternative exists. The weight burden does not merely extend to the rotors themselves [65kg for family saloon], it also forms part of the vehicle un-sprung weight. Unsprung weight reduction is highly beneficial for improving fuel economy and a key enabler that then allows the onward safe reduction of the sprung weight in modern vehicles, where any reduction has a positive effect on acceleration and cornering and also improves the ability of the suspension in maintaining tyre grip. The fuel savings from unsprung weight reduction are far more substantial than achieved by equivalent reductions to the car body. CAB-TEC is a 4 partner 1yr feasibility initiative, bringing together knowhow from the world of automotive friction materials, car brake system design, and the composites industry.