The prototype brake lining press enabled Bendix to prototype a new production method to ensure reliability prior to implementation to the production line
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Bendix Mintex - Brake Lining Press
Project Overview
ideas* was commissioned to develop a prototype machine to validate a new process of lining automotive park brakes. The prototype brake lining press enabled Bendix to prototype a new production method to ensure reliability prior to implementation to the production line.
The work included detailed machine design for a fully automated prototype combined with relevant testing and implementation to the production environment.
The Design
The automated system comprises raw material loading, pneumatic flow control, heating, moulding and final product ejection. The system is capable of producing brake linings ranging from 168mm to 210mm at up to one part per minute. Not only has the system automated many of the previously labour intensive tasks, but it controls potentially harmful vapours ensuring no operator inhalation.