EFFECTS OF FIBER, FILLERS AND BINDERS ON AUTOMOBILE BRAKE PAD PERFORMANCE: A REVIEW

Natural waste has been used to produce fillers and fibers, including palm kernel shell and fiber, groundnut shell, maize husk, rice straw and husk, jute, coconut shell, cotton, and cellulose. This review work seeks to explore research using combinations of fillers and fibers at different ratios with a view to further studying their effects on brake pad properties using various mixtures for the production. The influence of different binders such as phenolic resin, epoxy resin and others were also investigated. Composite materials from fiber and fillers have been seen to improve composite mechanical properties, reduce costs and increase impact strength. The choice of fiber, filler, binder, particle size and composition play important responsibility in the composite of the brake pad performance. In order to obtain better physical properties, palm kernel fiber and coconut fiber brake pads were studied and the composition percentage was optimized