TRAINING RESOURCES

Brake Dynamometer - Test Part Preparation and Test Set-Up

Training Topics

1. Thermocouple installation – Review the basics of installation on various types of test parts including pads with both one and two piston calipers, shoes, vented and solid discs, and drums.
2. Basics of caliper rebuilding.
3. Fit and function a set of parts on fixture with driver. Review fixture and driver types.
4. Wear measurement preparation and execution including thickness, weight, and rotor mappings.
5. Installation of the fixture, driver and parts on the machine. This will also include how to enter test information (header), inertia changes, and setting LRO (lateral run out).
6. Basics of probe installation for DTV (Disc Thickness Variation) as well as microphone and accelerometer set-up .
7. Review basic initial test monitoring.