Kevlar® for stronger brake pads, clutches & gaskets

 
 
 

DuPont™ Kevlar® fiber and pulp helps improve the performance, and durability of automotive components for a wide variety of vehicles, from passenger cars and light trucks to professional racecars.

It is not uncommon for a new vehicle to have several crucial parts that employ products made of Kevlar® such as automotive power train components, body components, and brake pads.

Gaskets
Thanks to its chemical and thermal stability, Kevlar® pulp reinforcement helps make gaskets strong and durable.

Clutches
Kevlar® pulp is also effective in clutches, which are subject to severe frictional stress. Tests have shown that clutch linings with Kevlar® do not require service or replacement as often as standard clutch linings.

Brake pads
Brake pads made of Kevlar® pulp are better equipped to withstand the wear and tear that friction creates. With their enhanced thermal stability and inherent abrasion resistance, reinforced brake pads of Kevlar® are designed for long life and safe, quiet braking. 

• Kevlar® staple and floc are short-fiber versions suitable for textile applications, and for reinforcement of thermoplastic and thermoset matrices.

Kevlar® aramid pulp is a fibrillated short fiber widely used in friction and sealing applications.

 
 
 
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