Diseño y construcción de un sistema para medir el desgaste en forros de frenos de disco de un automóvil volkswagen golf de competición.

Abstract

The project was headed to the study, design and construction of an electronic control system to measure the wear on the linings of brake pads in a racing car. An analysis of the problem that originates in brake discs when suffering premature and irreparable damages due to the wear of warning system that brake pads have incorporated, being these the causes of the problem. After analyzing the problem the selection and implementation of electronic components was done to solve the problem with the brake discs, ensuring their performance, their respective care, increasing the usable life of both the disc and the lining of the brake pads and especially to ensure the safety and physical integrity of the vehicle. The results of the performance tests of electronic control incorporated into the racing vehicle were excellent, as they managed to consume 15% more than the amount of lining that’s normally achieved with a steel sheet (strip) and avoids damages in the brake discs surface, saving the costs involved replacing them. By the calculations of wear it is determined that the friction material between the disc and the pad (called liners), it does not affect in any way the incorporated, since similarly measures the wear the same system suffers, ensuring the normal operation and the certainty that you can use any type of brake linings.