Iranian Company Uses Innovative Nano-Based Methods to Produce Brake Pads

According to Mohammad Hassan Akhoundian, the company’s Marketing and Sales Manager, the two technological products include nano-coating of the pad surface and nanostructured compounds in the friction material, which have reached the industrial production and final preparation stages, respectively. “Nano-paint technology increases corrosion resistance and reduces the cost of the production process, and nanostructured compound technology increases the stability of brake performance at high temperatures.

“In the formulation of the new pads, we have used reinforcing nanoparticles, which increase the stability of braking performance in high temperature conditions, improve wear resistance and extend the product’s lifespan. Also, the nano-structured paint and coating of the surface of the brake pad with a nanostructure, in addition to being more resistant to corrosion and peeling, has reduced the final cost of painting due to better adhesion and lower consumption of raw materials,” Akhoundian said.

He added that the nano-paint technology has now reached the mass production stage and is used in all of the company’s disc pads, noting, “The nanostructured compound technology is also in the final stage of preparation for industrial production, and its infrastructure has been provided for all domestic passenger car platforms.”

Pars Pad Company, which covers more than 60 percent of the domestic market, with an annual capacity of more than 40 million pieces, aims to become a regional reference in the production of nano-brake pads by developing export markets in the Eurasian region.

In a relevant development in 2023, Iranian researchers at a nanotechnology company had also managed to produce strong vehicle break pad adhesive which shows high thermal resistance.

‘Polymer Pishrafteh Amirkabir’ company has succeeded in producing the brake pad adhesive in which nanoparticles are used to improve quality.

"Pad adhesive is used in the production line of brake pads for light and heavy vehicles whose task is to connect the two lower parts and the upper layer of the pad to each other,” said Mohammad Alizadeh, one of the founders of the company.

“We used nanoparticles to improve the thermal properties of this adhesive. The pad is a piece which is constantly subjected to friction and high temperature,” he added.

Noting that the addition of nanoparticles to the adhesive increased the thermal resistance of the pad so that it shows more resistance than normal pads in the hot shear test, Alizadeh said, “At present, the adhesive is being produced on an industrial scale of one ton per month.”

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