Brake pads
With a production of more than 25 million sets a year, Road House offers to its customers not only all the “know-how” of one of the main friction materials manufacturers in the world but the most comprehensive product range available in the friction industry. This product range covers European, American, Japanese, Korean and Australian applications with more than 2000 different part numbers on offer and with different levels of accessorization.
A fully integrated manufacturing strategy system makes this range possible by having available in-house the production of related components such as backing plates and accessories.
HPT (High Pressure Treatment)
This manufacturing process implemented 100% in Road House factories consists in an electrical heated steel table system at 650ºC and accelerated heat interchange applying 10.000 N press force per brake pad thus ensuring that the complete surface of the pad is evenly cured.
- This process provides a shorter bedding-in period and an efficient brake operation just upon installation as typical O.E.M. pads performance required to work the most severe conditions.
- Providing safety because avoids the crystallization process typical of friction materials losing braking performance along the useful product life.
- Healthy for the environment. During the scorching process, gases emitted are treated by post-bur process till they are rendered harmless. Is this process wouldn't be done in our production plant, the drivers would suffer it negatives effects, especially during the brake bedding in period so that the gases would go up to the atmosphere.
PERFORMANCE
R &D department is continuously testing both new friction material prototypes as uniformity production checking, performing more than 3 million kms. a year among laboratory tests, road test, fleet tests.
Comprehensive Road and full scale dynamometer test bench AK-Master test evaluates the quality of Road House brake pads searching the best performance and going beyond of the O.E. results of some of the most popular and extended European vehicles.
ADT. Test ALPINE DOWNHILL
Alpine descent tests are fundamental in the development and research process of new friction material. These tests are usually performed by Road House technical drivers in Austrian Alpine mountain called Grossglockner (Edelweisspitze 2571 m.) with a 12% average slope and 18% at the maximum fall.
At the same time as new materials are tested on this road, several samples of the running production are checked following the same protocol and severe conditions as COP (conformity of production verification).
- Slow descent test:
- Medium speed 40 Km/h (top speed 80 km/h).
- Long.: 16 Km.
- Time: 23 min.
- Final temperature: 600º C.
- Speed descent test:
- Medium speed 60km/h (top speed more than 120 Km/h)
- Long: 16 Km,
- Time: 15’ 36’’.
- Final temperature: 800º C (more than 500º C since 10 corner).
INDUSTRIAL SUPPORT
Today Road House is regarded to be the top of European IAM (Independent aftermarket) friction materials manufacturers, with a production volume further 25 million pads set a year produced in 12 factories in Spain, Europe and Asia with a huge capability enough to meet our customers demands. Our production system is fully equipped by the most regarded IAG automatic deep molding presses, dynamic curing ovens and high pressure scorching stations.