New brakes for a clean environment

The Institute for Manufacturing Technologies of Ceramic Components and Composites (IFKB) at the University of Stuttgart has developed a new high-performance brake disc concept. The brakes have three key advantages. They are particularly light, perform better, and are more environmentally friendly. Furthermore, they are particularly attractive for electric vehicles. The student racing team at the University of Stuttgart now uses the new brakes in its race car and has already broken records. There are now plans to use the brakes in a series-produced car.


What is special about the new brake discs is the ceramic coating. Together with his colleagues at the institute headed by Prof. ...