Patent ID: 9108278
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: B23P,F16D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of using and renovating a disk from a stack of disks of a vehicle brake, the method comprising the steps of using the disk during a plurality of lives and of compensating a reduction in thickness after each life by assembling the disk with a complementary portion, in compliance with the following arrangements: after a first life, at the end of which the disk has a thickness lying in the range 60% to 90% of an initial thickness of the disk, surfacing both faces of the disk and assembling the disk on one side with a first complementary portion so that the assembly has a thickness substantially equal to the initial thickness of the disk; after a second life, at the end of which the disk has a thickness greater than 50% of the initial thickness, surfacing the disk to a thickness substantially equal to 50% of the initial thickness and assembling the disk with a second complementary portion so that the assembly has a thickness substantially equal to the initial thickness of the disk; after a third life, at the end of which the disk has a thickness lying in the range 40% to 10% of the initial thickness, surfacing the disk and assembling the disk with a third complementary portion so that the assembly has a thickness substantially equal to the initial thickness of the disk; and after a fourth life, discarding the disk.