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A production process was developed that uses high-strength Al-Li materials to reduce the brake caliper weight. Anisotropy of material strength due to metal flow was eliminated with 3-axis multi forging, and an 8% increase in fatigue strength was achieved by T6 heat treatment with 3-stage aging. This is expected to increase the service life to 4 times that of current calipers.
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- (1) Romios, M., Tiraschi, R., Parrish, C., Babel, H. W., Oqren, J. R., Es-Said, O. S.: Design of Multistep Aging Treatment of 2099 (C458) Al-Li Alloy, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, p. 641(2005)
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Article of Honda R&D Technical Review F1 Special (The third Era Activities) (286 - 289)
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Akihiro YANASE, Hiroshi YAMADA.
Development of Brake Caliper Production Process with High Strength Al-Li Material
Honda R&D Technical Review F1 Special (The third Era Activities) pp.(286 - 289)2009.
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