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One effect which is present in drum and disc brakes is the temperature. This effect significantly changes the vehicle and semi-trailer combinations performance, mainly in drum brakes that is more susceptible to this factor. High temperatures mean loss of efficiency, higher lining wear, brakes and rolling systems components life reduction and could be caused by many factors, which can be mentioned, overload, error in design and choice of brake system, speeding, over adjustment (dragging) and environment heat exchange. The challenge is to comprehend the relation between different brake configuration and how these configurations affects the temperatures generation on brake system, allowing that this factors can be evaluated during the project design. This paper aims to show a case study for a new brake family to be used in city bus application where the fleets are looking for better, safety, performance and low lining wear reduce the to increase the maintenance time.

During the development of a new friction material, besides the interface between lining/drum is also fundamental take in account all aspects involving the attachment of the linings on the brake shoes. This paper presents an optimization approach to the development and manufacturing parameters of brake linings, applied on medium and heavy duty commercial vehicles, aiming to assure the correct specification of the riveted joint clamp forces. These evaluations were conducted based on the quality tools documents and the theoretical aspects of the product usage as well as the modeling of key elements of the referred mechanism throughout various known applications. A calculation methodology was developed based on brake geometry, its generated forces and braking reactions required for each vehicle family.