Abstract:
In order to decrease the manufacturing time and improve the properties of the C/C brake discs,a new process of rapid densification to manufacture C/C brake discs was developed. This process is a method of the isothermal pressure gradient CVI whose precursors are CH
4 and C
3H
8. The CVI (chemical vapor infiltration) time of the discs manufactured by the new process is a half of the CVI time of the discs manufactured by the conventional process whose precursor is C
3H
6. In addition, the thermal conductivity of the discs produced by the new process has increased by more than 5%,the mechanical properties including tensile strength,compressing strength,bending strength and shearing strength have increased by more than 10%,and the properties of friction and wear have been raised by more than 20%.