brake discs
Range of products comprising: brake pads, brake discs, wheel-cylinders,
master cylinders, pressure regulators, pre-mounted brake shoe kits
with self-adjustment, brake drums, clutch master and slave cylinders.
Hi-tech, fully automated processing, assembly and control machinery permit utmost product dimensional precision, with consequent maximum reliability and safety thanks to 100% functional testing of finished pieces.
All the products comply with standards set for safety parts by major vehicle companies.
A significant part of production, in fact, is dedicated to OEM and the supply of major European braking system manufacturers.
Hi-tech, fully automated processing, assembly and control machinery permit utmost product dimensional precision, with consequent maximum reliability and safety thanks to 100% functional testing of finished pieces.
All the products comply with standards set for safety parts by major vehicle companies.
A significant part of production, in fact, is dedicated to OEM and the supply of major European braking system manufacturers.
Brake Discs
The function of the brake disc is to slow and stop a moving vehicle. Brake discs have gradually replaced brake drums everywhere in the world.
All cars now have brake discs on the front axle and an increasing number of cars also have brake discs on the rear axle.
Brake discs belong to two categories:
- full discs
- self-ventilating discs (provided with radial perforations) so that when they spin, they are cooled by the principle of centrifuge pump action: they draw in cool air from the center and disperse it through the holes around the circumference, eliminating heat and reducing the danger of a progressive loss of braking power.
The essential requisites of the discs are:
- sturdiness, to withstand the mechanical stresses to which they are subjected;
- they must resist distortion, to enable the calipers to grip a surface that is always flat and does not cause any vibration;
- resistance to abrasion, for long-lasting properties and uniform friction in time;
- they must be good conductors of heat so as to cool rapidly;
- they must be lightweight, to keep the masses connected to the wheel (called unsuspended masses) to a minimum and thereby facilitate continuous contact with the ground even on rough terrain.
Metelli brake discs are made using raw materials of the highest quality and with the chemical compositions best suited to application on the vehicle on which they are installed.
The mechanical processing is done with the finest machinery and special equipment designed to eliminate any possibility of geometrical error.
Scrupulous controls of roughness, parallelism, oscillation, centering, balancing and bench tests of Metelli discs make them a guaranteed product for maximum safety, comfort and reliability in time.
The function of the brake disc is to slow and stop a moving vehicle. Brake discs have gradually replaced brake drums everywhere in the world.
All cars now have brake discs on the front axle and an increasing number of cars also have brake discs on the rear axle.
Brake discs belong to two categories:
- full discs
- self-ventilating discs (provided with radial perforations) so that when they spin, they are cooled by the principle of centrifuge pump action: they draw in cool air from the center and disperse it through the holes around the circumference, eliminating heat and reducing the danger of a progressive loss of braking power.
The essential requisites of the discs are:
- sturdiness, to withstand the mechanical stresses to which they are subjected;
- they must resist distortion, to enable the calipers to grip a surface that is always flat and does not cause any vibration;
- resistance to abrasion, for long-lasting properties and uniform friction in time;
- they must be good conductors of heat so as to cool rapidly;
- they must be lightweight, to keep the masses connected to the wheel (called unsuspended masses) to a minimum and thereby facilitate continuous contact with the ground even on rough terrain.
Metelli brake discs are made using raw materials of the highest quality and with the chemical compositions best suited to application on the vehicle on which they are installed.
The mechanical processing is done with the finest machinery and special equipment designed to eliminate any possibility of geometrical error.
Scrupulous controls of roughness, parallelism, oscillation, centering, balancing and bench tests of Metelli discs make them a guaranteed product for maximum safety, comfort and reliability in time.
