Century, Inc. — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: A13-069
Century, Inc. — SBIR Phase II award from Department of Defense.
- Amount
- $998,484
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Army
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase II
- Topic
- A13-069
- Solicitation
- 2015.1
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- MI
- Period
- 2015-02-11 → 2017-02-10
Description
Century has designed and manufactured aluminum metal matrix composite (MMC) brake drums for multiple applications both military and commerical with great success. Applications include axle loads ranging from 8,000 to 23,000 lbs. As applications vary the torque requirements of the brake system also vary. To work with multiple brake systems, multiple friction materials may be required to couple the MMC brake drums. This "family"of friction materials needs to emcompass both low and hig coefficients of friction. Currently available friction materials work very well in low to medium coefficient of friction (Mu) applications such as commercial trucks/braking systems. The purpose of the Phase II effort is to further evaluate the potential for a "newly developed" friction material that will be adaptable to wide-ranging heavy vehicles both in the Military and Commerical markets when coupled with MMC brake drums.