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FILE NAME: Allied Signal Bendix (ASB) DATE: 1981 DOC#: ASB034 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Journal Article Excerpt - Clutch Characteristics & Newspaper Article I \ I ........ .1 j . and clutch .i i i - / I !/ ' characteristics / Characteristic ~ Pads Wear Friction: Cold Hot Noisa Compressibility ' Metal Mata Duty For Usa Table 1 -- General Properties ol Brake Linings High Organic Class A Poor Excellent Highest Lowest NOne Lots No scoring Standard Medium Organic Class B Good Good Lower Higher Little ^ Some ~~~ ' Some scoring ^ v ^Medium heavy Low Organic No Asbestos ClassC Excellent Fair High + Stab. High + Stab Lots Little Lots of scoring Heavy i Characteristic , TaMe 2 1 : 1: . ' : LFW-1 Results at 27.3 kg Load at Variable Speeds (Step Change) * I , I i Class C + 10% . Class A Class 8 Class C Friction Modi- tier "A" Wear (General Rating) LFW-1 on blocks, mg l Friction-Cold (General Rating) LFW-1. *T *C ) ' at2000rpm Excellent 189 Highest 0.38 (49) Good 381 Lower 0.22 (38) Fair 587 High and Stable 0.48-0.39 (55) 490 1. '1 ----- 0.27-0.30 (55) Hot (General Rating) LFW-1, M(TmQ 9 1200 rpm 91000 rpm Lowest 0.30(107) 0.33(115) Higher 0.28 (82) 0.38 (232) ' 0.38(143) 0.35(150) Noise (General Rating) LFW-1 None Vary slight at one speed Little None Lots Some at several speeds None Metal Mate (General Rating) LFW-1 Test ring, mg loss No scoring 13 Some scoring 236 Medium-heavy scoring 634 270 I for longer engine life T fr iJ J 'i quality instruments. R604 PYROMETER Th* n in O trt) of in * pyromtar mdu*try i t thi* 3* inttrumant which iattura* th * readout on t 0* to 1M0*F ici* and t 0* to '0 0 0 *0 Seal*. Contrattino colora on ma dial allow aaty r#*dawnty and th* tcala >a large lor accurata mtarpratation. R609 TURBOCATOR To aaaitt th# truck ooarator in cluauing eraatar luat aconomy and longar angina nfa. this dual acalt matnimant mdicataa a x n tu tt tamparatura on ona acalt and turOochargar boost p ra tiu r* on ma othar By monitonng Both acalaa daily, an aarty indication of angina prooiamt can Da foraaaan INTERMITTENT WINDSHIELD WIPER CONTROL lor air powernd wipers Fig. 1--LFW-1 Coefficient of friction vs. speed. most noise, also gave the most stable frictional properties with speed and temperature as shown in Fig. 1. More consistent coef ficient of friction properties were obtained from the Class C proto type between 600 and 1200 rpm. Class C prototype produced less noise than the standard Class C brake pad. The difference be tween the maximum and mini mum coefficient of friction was less with the prototype contain ing Friction Modifier "A" than standard Class C material. Desirable characteristics of Class B (lower wear, less noise, and a more constant coefficient of friction) may be achieved through use of the 10% Friction Modifier "A" composition. It must be noted that this percen tage should not be considered as the amount necessary for other compositions. Commercial applications New technology for these new friction modifiers was first de veloped in Dow Coming's Munich Research and Development Lab oratory. The first commercial eval uation and successes were in Eur opean brake pads. Friction Modifier "A" has been used in the brake pads of a large European car for several yean. The performance of the brake pad with the new friction modi fier was compared with another composition containing M0S2. Comparisons made on a dy namometer showed the following advantages over the M0S2 com position: lower noise level less dependence of friction coef ficient on temperature decreased wear of the brake pad (30% increase in lifetime) decreased wear of the metal disc. Since the initial usage in Eur ope, other European brake and clutch material manufacturers have evaluated these new friction modifiers. They have generally found them equal or superior to MoS:, but they do hot always provide the same characteristics since different materials are used in each formulation! In the U.S.A. a number of brake and clutch friction ma terial manufacturers have already evaluated the friction modifiers. Some have found that in semi metallic brake pads without as bestos, these new additives can reduce noise, wear, and fade. In some cases, no improvement was found. a Based on SA papar 790717, "Controlled Friction Additive* for Brake Pad* and Clutchea." by Harry M. ScUefer and Georf* V. Kubcaak, Dow Corninf Corp. F a Alun. advc tech parti pow reas alun 1.1 Alur sure 4 per SiPI' gez in a ma 2. Prc pul thir we be) OD< 3. Trutot rriii 1er an no. 4. Ty oa th; P/ The GLOBE & MAIL January 6, 1981 35-yedr-old employee o f Bendix becomes 13th victim of asbestos WINDSOR (CP) -- A 35-year-old man has become the 13th victim to die of an asbestos-related cancer after working at one of the two Windsor plants of Bendix Corp., the man's,union representative and closest friend says. . Tommy Dunn, who worked for alm ost 12 years in the welding department of one of the plants, died on Saturday. Doctors operated on Mr. Dunn in December, 1979, for mesothelioma, a rare form of inoperable cancer linked to asbestos fibres. They discovered two tumors in an ad vanced stage in his lung and gave him a maximum of two years to live. Rick Byrne, former plant chair man for Local 195 of the United Auto Workers, who worked with Mr.' Dunn for 11 years, and other union negotiators have taken the cases of 19 Bendix workers to the Workmen's Compensation Board. Thirteen of the 19, including Mr. Dunn, have died of asbestos-relat ed diseases. Mr. Byrne said Mf. Dunn asked him to check with the board to see whether he was eligible for bene fits. After long negotiations, the board decided Mr. Dunn's illness made him suitable for compensa tion and he received payment re troactive to November, 1979. However, Bendix. which uses asbestos in the manufacture of automotive brake linings, has never acknowledged that it was directly responsible for Mr. Dunn's illness. Mr. Bym e said Mr. Dunn was one of those concerned that Bendix did not completely comply with a 1966 Government request to clean up its plants. "They were supposed to clean it up in 1966 and Tommy didn't know why they didn't clean it up." Now, however, Mr. Byme said that although the union has made some headway, negotiations will be tougher because Bendix closed its two Windsor plants last August. "What can you change now -- they're gone."