期刊名称：International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology
印刷版ISSN：2347-6710
电子版ISSN：2319-8753
出版年度：2017
卷号：6
期号：3
页码：4449
DOI：10.15680/IJIRSET.2017.0603249
出版社：S&S Publications
摘要：In this study, the usage of lemon peel powder as one of the composite for asbestos free-brake pad hasbeen studied. The usage of asbestos fibre in brake pad is avoided, as it causes health hazards such as cancer due to itscarcinogenic nature. The lemon peels are sun dried at an atmospheric temperature of 32°C for 240 hours and then finelypowdered. The percentage of lemon peel powder, aluminium oxide and iron oxide are varied and two samples are madeby using hand moulding technique. Epoxy resin is used as the binding material and hardener is mixed with epoxy resinat a ratio of 1:4. The moulding die is made for 30mm diameter and 25mm thickness using mild steel. Both the samplesare subjected to hardness test, wear test, water absorption test, oil absorption test and specific gravity test. From theresult, it can be seen that the hardness and density of sample 1 is higher than that of sample 2. And the wear loss, oilabsorption and water absorption of sample 1 is lower than that of sample 2. The sample 1 with the composition of 40%epoxy resin, 12.5% Al2O3, 12.5 % iron oxide, 15% graphite, 10% calcium hydroxide and 10% lemon peel powder hasbetter properties than sample 2. The results clearly shows that lemon peel powder can be effectively used as areplacement for asbestos in brake pad manufacture.
