Frictional Performance on Various Speed and Pressure for Cardanol as a Binder in High Friction Composite Material Using Pin on Disc

The main objective of this research work is to develop an environmentally friendly brake pad with the incorporation of bio based binder, filler, reinforcement and friction modifiers. This study suggests that maintaining the high friction stability at high speed and load for a brake pad material can be sustained by cardanol resin, a natural resin binder. The tribo test procedure of JASO 406C was performed on two different cardanol (15CF and 20 CF) compositions by maintaining the two test parameters such as pressure sensitivity (effectiveness test). Result shows that 3–(8,11,14-Pentadecatrienyl) phenol Cardanol in phenolic resin is found to be more superior and most suitable binder resin combination, for the given ingredients compared to using only a cardanol resin as a binder in brake pad. Furthermore, the morphology of wear debris, contact plateaus and transient patches are analysed by scanning electron microscope.