Modern Aircraft Brakes
REPORT ON MATERIALS AND PROCESSES USED IN THE MANUFACTURING OF MODERN AIRCRAFT BRAKES
FUTURE TRENDS
The aircraft brake is dependent on the situation of the aircraft industry and influenced by the development of aerospace technology. As new designs and manufacturing processes do not occur very often, the worldwide operating competitors will have to analyse every new aircraft on the market and evaluate the cost and profit.
Various modern equipments and processing methods are used for the manufacturing of new type of brakes. Some of them are Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC) machines, Laser cutting machinery and Chemical processing (anodize and conversion coating).
EABS (Electrically Actuated Braking System) will be use in the future generation of aircrafts. The tests carried out on an Airbus A340-600 create the history in modern aviation, since it was the first time that a commercial aircraft has braked using entirely electrically actuated brakes. The objective of this program has been to evaluate the advantages electrically actuated braking technology offers when compared to the current hydraulically actuated brake technologies. The flight testing campaign consisted of landings with automatic braking and aborted take-offs. The companies had already made its mark on the world of aviation with the first mass production of carbon brake disks in 1985. This latest major technological innovation is also representative of the revolution taking place in the aeronautical industry, where it is already taken for granted that the airplane of the future will be all-electric. [16]
Till now most of the airliner brakes have been actuated by means of a hydraulic system. An electrically-controlled braking system offers many advantages by comparison and a number of positive results: shorter delivery schedules, weight savings, reduced fuel consumption, reduced maintenance costs and improved aircraft availability. Electrically actuated braking
FUTURE TRENDS
The aircraft brake is dependent on the situation of the aircraft industry and influenced by the development of aerospace technology. As new designs and manufacturing processes do not occur very often, the worldwide operating competitors will have to analyse every new aircraft on the market and evaluate the cost and profit.
Various modern equipments and processing methods are used for the manufacturing of new type of brakes. Some of them are Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC) machines, Laser cutting machinery and Chemical processing (anodize and conversion coating).
EABS (Electrically Actuated Braking System) will be use in the future generation of aircrafts. The tests carried out on an Airbus A340-600 create the history in modern aviation, since it was the first time that a commercial aircraft has braked using entirely electrically actuated brakes. The objective of this program has been to evaluate the advantages electrically actuated braking technology offers when compared to the current hydraulically actuated brake technologies. The flight testing campaign consisted of landings with automatic braking and aborted take-offs. The companies had already made its mark on the world of aviation with the first mass production of carbon brake disks in 1985. This latest major technological innovation is also representative of the revolution taking place in the aeronautical industry, where it is already taken for granted that the airplane of the future will be all-electric. [16]
Till now most of the airliner brakes have been actuated by means of a hydraulic system. An electrically-controlled braking system offers many advantages by comparison and a number of positive results: shorter delivery schedules, weight savings, reduced fuel consumption, reduced maintenance costs and improved aircraft availability. Electrically actuated braking