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US 2001/0040075 A1Published application
Method of increasing the length and thickness of graphite flakes in a gray iron brake rotor
OwnerAnwar R. Daudi, Weston E. Dickersoninventors
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Abstract
A method of increasing the length, thickness, and density of graphite flakes in a brake rotor includes forming a brake rotor of gray iron, cast iron, or damped iron. The method further includes EDG machining a surface of the brake rotor.
Claims12
A method of increasing the average lengths of graphite in a brake rotor including:
- providing a brake rotor;
- and
- machining a surface of the rotor using EDG machining.
A method of increasing the average thicknesses of graphite in a brake rotor including:
- providing a brake rotor;
- and
- machining a surface of the rotor using EDG machining.
A method of increasing the average density of graphite per unit area/volume of a brake rotor including:
- providing a brake rotor;
- and
- machining a surface of the rotor using EDG machining.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.