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FILE NAME: Abex (ABX) DATE: 0000 DOC#: ABX129 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Sales Literature - Asbesos-Free Bonding Segments NEWSBRAKE ASBESTOS-FREE BONDING SEGMENTS * He are now able to offer a range of flexible, non-asbestos brake linings for bondlrtgi to shoes. A new formul at I o n i s e d offyears of experience as an 0E- suppller In Europefand North and South America, Its history can be traei!dT*back to the 1940's where wartime shortages dictated-the development of alternatives to asbestos. Similar formulas are OE at Volvo,1,Ford, and Volkswagen. This is a first class material.;. ' Several months of successful gifting to SAE standards for Original Equipment complemented by thousands of miles of normal driving allow us to offer this to you with complete confidence. . Competitively price,dj. , Quiet. low wear rates. Everything you could ask for. Don't miss out. Suitable for U.S. cars and imports. DuoServo or leading/tra11 m g brakes. All four wheels, or fear's1 only; NAPA 029 NOVO30955 SCF-NAPA-2204 SCF-ALLF-09673 ise: ASBESTOS-FREE BONDED SEGMENTS DURING WORLD WAR II GERMANY WAS:CUT OFF FROM THE MAJOR SOURCES OF ASBESTOS AT TIME - CANADA RHODESIA*AND RUSSIA. THEY DEVELOPED FORMULATIONS WITH STEEL WOOL IN PLACE OF ASBESTOS. THIS TYPE OF MATERIAL FOUND USE HOT ONLY IN CARS AND TRUCKS. BUT ALSO IN AIRCRAFT. ' ..V \ . r THIS TYPE OF FORMULA STILL PERSISTS. A TYPICAL EXAMPLE IS ABEX 717-39 STILL FITTED O.E. ON THE VOLKWAGEN BEETLES MADE IN MEXICO. AN IMPROVED VERSION IS ABEX 553 WHICH IS ALSO O.E. ON THE RABBIT IN NORTH AMERICA AS WELL AS SEVERAL OTHER VOLKSWAGEN MODELS AROUND-THE WORLD. , 4 ' \, * IT WAS NOT A Bli3;OT&0,COMPLETELY REMOVE THE REMAINING ASBESTOS FROM THIS TYPE OF FORMUlff'AND PRODUCE THE ASBESTOS FREE FORMULATIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN O.E. AT VOLKSWAGEN 'IN EUROPE AND SOUTH AMERICA, AND AT FORD FOR THE ESCORT AND OTHER VEHICLES. FROM THIS BACKGROUND COMES NA^fWHICH ABEX IS NOW OFFERING FOR THE.NORTH AMERICAN AFTERMARKET.' A SIMILAR PROGRAM IS .IN HAND.IN . EUROPE WHERE ABEX-FRANCE IS OFFERING FORMULA 322. NA7.7 IS SPECIALLY T>|>OREO FOR U.S. CONDITIONS AND CAN BE COMPARED DIRECTLY WITH OUR VERY POPULAR 261-1 AND 261-2. UNLIKE EUROPE. A GREAT MAJORITY OF VEHICLES IN NORTH AMERICA USE DUO SERVO BRAKES. FOR THIS WE NEED A LOWER FRICTION. NA27 IS IN THE E-F RANGE -- LIKE ?61-1 AND 261-2. J . -. f ' >. . ' * NOVO30956 a :i i J) . 'y ) WE ALSO HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THERE IS A LOT OF DO-IT-YOURSELF CAR MAINTENANCE DONE AND IT CANNOT-BE GUARANTEED THAT PROPER MATCHING OF FRONT DISCS AND REAR DRUM LININGS TAKES PLACE. SO THAT THE REAR BRAKES DO NOT TAKE -OYERLf ROM AN ^INFERIOR FRONT BRAKE, NA27 CONTAINS SOME DEGREE OF B U H S & | t b E . ' NA27 HAS ALL INDICATIONS OF BEING A GOOD WEARING MATERIAL; BUT MORE OF THAT LATER. . HISTORY TELLS US TO HAVE DlF|EREKT CHARACTERISTICS BETWEEN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SHOES. HISTORY ALSO TELLS US THAT PRIMARIES SHOULD BE LIGHT COLOR AND SECONDARIES DARK. HOWEVER, THERE IS ALSO ENOUGH HISTORY TO'TELL XIS-JHERE ARE DEVIATIONS - AND HAVE BEEN DEVIATIONS FOR SEVERAL DECADES. ' CURRENT O.E. AT FORD USES SINGLE FRICTION PRIMARY ANO SECONDARY -- THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE LININGS ON THE TWO SHOES IS DIMENSIONAL. TRYING TO JUSTIFY DUAL FRICTION BECOMES MORE DIFFICULT WITH THE TREND TO FRONT-WHEE'O'd RIVE/FRONT DISCS'/AND SO ON. 1; ' ' ' OUR P R O P O S A L S A SINGLE FRICTION SET. THE OPPORTUNITY HAS BEEN TAKEN TO INTRODUCE MANY FEATURES WHICH HAVE BEEN ON OUR. WISH LIST FOR AS LONG AS CAN BE REMEMBERED. ` THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A NEED^OR^A FULLY FLEXIBLE MATERIAL FOR SEVERAL REASONS: . . 4 NOVO30957 ELIMINATE COSTLY FORMING STOOLS CONFORMAB1LITY TO ANY RADIUS . REDUCTION IN PART SIZES - REDUCED INVENTORY ABILITY TO SELC IN COIL FORM - ESPECIALLY FOR THE OVERSEAS MARKET . OIL-BASED LININGS SATISFIED SOME OF THESE NEEDS OVER THE YEARS BUT SUFFERED FROM SEVERAL DISADVANTAGES: LIMITED SHELF LIFE " POOR STRENGTH/--NEEDS HIRE MESH RE INFORCEMENT^Ik; RIVETTING EXCESSIVE FADE ' ABEX STILL MAKES THIS TYPE OF MATERIAL AND IT HAS BEEN ADEOUATE FOR MANY - PERHAPS MOST - APPLICATIONS OVER THE LAST 50 YEARS. BUT TODAY'S CARS AND TODAY'S DRIVING C O I T I O N S DEMAND SOMETHING BETTER. A BETTER FLEXIBLE MATERIAL USES RUBBER AS A BASE. BUT RUBBER COSTS ARE HIGH AND PROCESSING-IS NOT CHEAP. IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN - :: . ' v-i.- /. DIFFICULT (IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE) TO BE COMPETITIVE WITH A RUBBER-BASED ' MATERIAL ON THE.NORTH AMERICAN MARKET. UNTIL NOW. ATI> . - H l NOVO30958  .. ,. - '5 ''WJfll. ' '' SEVERAL MONTHS A G O^fyi#JX. DISCOVERED A BREAKTHROUGH. THIS IS NOT THE COMPLETE ANSWER. BUT*GOES A LONG WAY TO HELP. BY INTEGRATING OPERATIONS, WE ARE ABLE TO COMPENSATE FOR HIGHER MATERIAL COSTS. OUR END PRODUCT. THEN. IS GOING TO BE COMPETITIVELY PRICED WITH WHAT YOU ARE BUYING TODAY. BECAUSE OF THE SOUND BACKGROUND UPON WHICH THIS NA27 HAS BEEN BUILT. WE EXPECT NO PROBLEMS IN ITS INTRODUCTION. OUR JOB HAS BEEN TO FINE TUNE WELL-TRIED FORMULATIONS TO BE ACCEPTABLE FOR BOTH DUO SERVO AND LEADING-TRAILING APPLICATIONS AND TO CONFIRM THERE ARE NO NOISE PROBLEMS. THIS U T T E R HAS MEANT TESTING ON A WIDE RANGE OF VEHICLES. FIRST. WE PUT IT ON OUR OWN PERSONAL CARS TO GET AS MUCH RUNNING TIME UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS: FORD ESCORT' LEADING/TRAILING c h e v e t t e ' ^ r ^ ^ u b 1's e r v o X CAR SAME : . . CENTURY - SAME ---- 3: AND OTHERS. ; ' ............. NEXT. FOLLOWED PROPERSCHEDULED`TESTING OUT OF OUR TOMS RIVER, NJ, TEST GARAGE: TOYOTA L x SAE ANO SLAT FIREBIRD -- SAE CROWN VICTORIA -- SLAT n : P:: .. r l NOVO309S9 I*Y ` IT HAS BEEN TESTED WET AND DRY. EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD. SO FAR. THERE IS ONE PREDOMINANT FEATURE - EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD WEAR. AFTER 2,000 MILES (700 IN TRAFFIC), LININGS ON THE CHEVETTE HAD NO MEASURABLE4WEAR,4- HAD NOT EVEN BEDDED IN. . THIS HAS SERIOUS .IMPLICATIONS. YOU WILL FIT A SET OF LININGS AND THEY WILL OUTLAST THE CAR - PERHAPS THE DRIVER! IMAGINE A NEW SLOGAN: ' CHANGE THE CAR- KEEP THii BRAKE SHOES! OUR PROPOSAL IS TO SUPPLY THIS NEW MATERIAL GROOVED. THIS HAS BEEN A FEATURE WITH PREMIUM LININGS IN THE PAST - CADILLAC PRIMARY HAS ALWAYS BEEN GROOVED. YOl\KNOW FROM YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF PARTS SOLD IN THE REPLACEMENT MARKET ARE GROOVED FOR VARIOUS REASONS. FORTY-THREE (A3) DIFFERENT PARTS"IN ABEX-L!NDSAY; PLANT RETURNED SHOE INVENTORY-WERE FOUND TO BE-GROOVED-DURING A RECENT CHECK. . ...... * * > GROOVING HAS S E V ^ M v FEATURES': . ' A) REDUCES ftiS'HPRESSURE AREA ABOVE THE WEB. . B) ALLOWS PRODUCTS OF WEAR TO ESCAPE C) BRAKE RUNS COOLER? ; D) DRIES OUT QUICKER WHEN'WET? - > NOVO30960 ' *6- . BUT FROM OUR POINTiij.jOF.VIEW: , E) ALLOWS COMPLETE BEDDING TN SOONER, AN IMPORTANT FEATURE WITH A SLOW-WEARING MATERIAL. THIS NA27 IS AVAILABLE IN THE "FULL RANGE THAT YOU ARE PURCHASING AT PRESENT. IT CAN BE GROUND OR UNGROUNC ON THE SURFACE. IT IS RECOMMENDED THE BONDING SURFACE BE UNGROUND. TESTS SHOW BOND STRENGTH TO BE SEVERAL PERCENTAGE' POINTS HIGHER WITH AN UNGROUND SURFACE. WIDTHS OVER 1 3 / V WILL BE GROOVED. A PARALLEL PROGRAM WILL INTRODUCE THIS MATERIAL INTO THE CANADIAN MARKET AT THE BEGINNING OF 1986 - THE SAME AS WE PROPOSE IN THE U.S. OUR PROPOSALS ARE TO FULLY GRIND THE MATERIAL TO THE THICKNESS QUOTED IN THE FMSI CATALOG-;, B ^ E ? BONDiNG. THIS IS THE PRACTICE IN EUROPE AND ENSURES CROWN C O N Y & f c V AND. WE FIND. IS MORE ECONOMICAL IN THE . : !-,w ' LONG RUN. YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER THIS SAME APPROACH. . .. |i O' ; u I* NOVO30961 ASBESTOS-FREE SEGMENTS FOR. RIVETTING FOLLOWING ON IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE NON-ASBESTOS BONDED SEGMENT INTRODUCTION, THERE ARE PLANS.FOR A RIVETTED VERSION. THE FORMULATIONTWlt^f'bE ESSENTIALLY THE SAME. THE PROCESS IS BEING FINE TUNED TO AtllflvE THE ACCURACY AND STRENGTH NECESSARY TO BE COMPETITIVE WITH WHAT YOU ARE BUYING TODAY. SAMPLES ARE ALREADY BEING CAR, TESTED WITH POSITIVE RESULTS.. OUR GUIDELINES FOR DIMENSIONAL ACCURACY ARE WELL DEFINED. LININGS SHOULD FIT SHOES SO THAT A FEELER GAUGE WILL NOT ENTER, ETC. STRENGTH IS A DIFFERENT MAHER. ASBESTOS IS WELL KNOWN FOR ITS REINFORCING QUALITIES. INDUSTRIAL PLASTICS USING ASBESTOS FIBER HAVE ALWAYS BEEN STRONGER THAN THOSE BASED ON COHON, GLASS, RAYON, ETC. FORD LOOKS AT TENSILE STRENGTH - A TEST WHICH DETERMINES THE TENDENCY TO DELAMINATE. TRADITIONALLY, THE INDUSTRY HAS USED TRANSVERSE RUPTURE. BREAKING SAMPLES IN SUCH A WAY THE TENSILE STRENGTH OF THE INSIDE SURFACE IS MEASURED:' We ALSO"EMPLOY A STRAIGHTFORWARD SHEAR TEST. NONE OF THES&il^S&REA&K"SIMULATE THE CONDITIONS ENCOUNTERED DURING BRAKING.- . ' /. '"Jr NOVO30962 ,i- '*.. wV&rr. -2- DURING BRAKING THE FRICTION MATERIAL IS SANDWICHED BETWEEN THE MOVING DRUM AND THE STATIONARY SHOE. AGAINST THE DRUM WE SEE DYNAMIC FRICTION FORCES WHICH ARE ALWAYS LOWER THAN THE STATIC FRICTION WHICH OCCURS BETWEEN THE SHOE AND THE LINING... THEORETICALLY. THERE SHOULD BE NO FORCE ON THE RIVETS!! THE STATIC FRICTION OF NA27 IS HIGHER THAN THAT FOR, SAY. 261-1 AND THEREFORE NA27 SHOULD NOT NEED TO BE AS PHYSICALLY STRONG. BUT WE ALL KNOVf. THAT, LININGS CAN BREAK AWAY AT THE RIVET HOLES! . -.'Vi- ;V ?!, SO THE RIVETS MUST BE-DOING SOMETHING. - ..f IN MY EXPERIENCE. RIVET HOLDING PROBLEMS HAVE ALWAYS OCCURRED WITH LININGS. RECENTLY FITTED, WHERE END CONTACT ONLY IS IN EFFECT. IN THIS CASE, THE WHOLE OF THE BROKING FORCE IS BEING TAKEN ON TWO - OR AT THE MOST, FOUR RIVETS. YOU'NEVER SEE A RIVET HOLDING PROBLEM WITH A CROWN CONTACT! THE IMPORTANCE OF USING A LINING GROUND TO FMSI THICKNESSES CANNOT BE DI*SM*IS SED. THE POSITION WE ARE^fft TODAY IS THAT NA27 IS EQUIVALENT............. STRENGTH TO THE SIMILAR MATERIAL FITTED O.E. TO THE MEXICAN BEETLE. THIS MATERIAL MEETS THE RIVET HOLDING CONDITIONS SPECIFIED BY V01KSWAGEN-W0LFSBURG. TRS AND TENSILE STRENGTHS ARE WITHIN 15* OF NORMAL O.E. PASSENGER CAR ACCEPTABLE FIGURES. BUT WE NEED SOMETHING BETTER. . ; ; ' - * r* o'Ot-NG ,, :: . ' I ! ' . .KLi-.ij ' '< . ! f ! " ' . . 4f NOVO30963 -3 . IT HAS TO BE RECOGNIZED THIS MATERIAL COULD BE FITTED TO A PICKUP TRUCK OR A STATION ..WAGON WITH .FRONT DRUM BRAKES, WHICH COULD BE TOWING A BOAT QRyj^TRAILER HOME, AND THE DRIVER NEEDS TO DO A PANIC STOP. A FRONT^SECONDARY SHOE WITH HEEL CONTACT ONLY MIGHT BE A PROBLEM. : OUR AIM IS TO OFFER A MATERIAL;THAT WILL BE SATISFACTORY FOR ALL CONCEIVABLE APPLICATIONS. ^ ' . _ IN CONCLUSION, BEFORE WE OFFER A FULL RANGE RIVETTED VERSION WE MUST ASSURE OURSELVES OF UTMOST SAFETY. THIS SHOULD NOT TAKE LONG. . ` *{ )) ) THE INCLUSION OF THE GROOVE IS GOING TO MEAN SOME MODIFICATIONS TO OUR DRILLING EQUIPMENT -- AT PRESENT DRILL FIXTURES USE A BAND THAT CLAMPS THE LINING DOWN THE CENTER. NOW WE HAVE NOTHING IN THE CENTER TO CLAMP TO! NEW DRILL FIXTURES ARE BEING MADE AND S H O U L D ^ RtADY FOR TESTING NEXT WEEK. PLEASE BE PATIEfit/lfifft SHORT WAIT WILL BE WELL WORTH'YOUR WHILE. . . I\ : v ,..h > NOVO30964