Brake Disk and Method for Producing a Brake Disk

Abstract

A brake disc includes a basic body with at least one contact surface that has a wearing coat applied thereon. The at least one contact surface of the basic body is pretreated to realize the bond between the searing coat and the basic body. The at least one pretreated contact surface of the basic body has a surface topography that is modified by laser irradiation and has at least one predetermined parameter. A method produces the brake disc.

Claims

1. A brake disk, comprising: a basic body with at least one contact surface, the basic body being formed of gray cast iron; and a wearing coat applied to the at least one contact surface, wherein the at least one contact surface of the basic body is modified by laser radiation to realize the bond between the wearing coat and the basic body, and wherein the at least one contact surface of the basic body is modified by laser radiation such that the at least one contact surface is decarburized.

2. The brake disk as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one contact surface of the basis body is further modified by radiation to have one or more of a predetermined structure, a predetermined degree of cleanness, and a predetermined roughness.

3. The brake disk as claimed in claim 2, wherein the at least one contact surface is further modified to have the predetermined structure, and wherein the predetermined structure of the at least one contact surface is configured in one or more of a meandering form, a grooved form, and a spiraled form.

4. The brake disk as claimed in claim 1, wherein the wearing coat is sprayed on the at least one modified contact surface of the basic body.

5. The brake disk as claimed in claim 2, wherein the at least one contact surface has a modified surface topography having the predetermined roughness, the modified surface topography being caused by a combination of melt and vapor produced by melting and vaporizing portions of the at least one contact surface by the laser radiation.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0024] FIG. 1 shows a schematic sectional representation of a detail of an exemplary embodiment of a brake disk according to the disclosure.

[0025] FIG. 2 shows a perspective representation of an operation of pretreating a basic body of the brake disk according to the disclosure that is represented in FIG. 1 with laser radiation.

[0026] FIG. 3 shows a schematic flow diagram of an exemplary embodiment of a production method according to the disclosure for a brake disk.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0027] As can be seen from FIGS. 1 and 2, the exemplary embodiment represented of a brake disk 1 according to the disclosure comprises a basic body 10 with at least one contact surface 12 and at least one wearing coat 30. The basic body 10 is made as a metallic and/or ceramic body. Furthermore, the basic body 10 is connected at the at least one contact surface 12 to the wearing coat 30. To realize the bond between the wearing coat 30 and the basic body 10, a pretreatment of the surface topography of the at least one contact surface 12 of the basic body 10 is provided. According to the disclosure, the pretreated at least one contact surface 12 of the basic body 10 has a surface topography modified by laser radiation 20, with at least one predetermined parameter.

[0028] In the exemplary embodiment represented, the contact surface 12 of the basic body 10 is heated and/or melted and/or vaporized and/or cleaned by the laser radiation 20. Furthermore, the laser radiation 20 is conducted over the contact surface 12 of the basic body 10 in a grooved form. To achieve a modification of the surface topography of the contact surface 12 of the basic body 10, other ways of conducting the laser radiation 20 are possible, such as for example conducting the laser radiation 20 in a meandering and/or spiraled form.

[0029] After the completion of the modification of the surface topography of the contact surface 12 of the basic body 10, the wearing coat 30 is sprayed onto the modified surface topography of the contact surface 12 of the basic body 10. The laser radiation 20 allows the desired parameters of the surface topography of the contact surface 12 of the basic body 10 to be implemented easily, quickly and reproducibly. Furthermore, embodiments of the brake disk 1 according to the disclosure in interaction with corresponding brake linings, which interact with the wearing coat 30 of the contact surface 12, make virtually wear-free operation of the brake possible, since the modification of the surface topography of the at least one contact surface 12 has the effect that the wearing coat 30 reliably adheres to the contact surface 12 of the basic body 10 of the brake disk 1. As can be seen from FIG. 3, in a method step S10, the basic body 10 is produced with at least one contact surface 12. The basic body 10 may, for example, be cast, forged or otherwise produced from suitable materials, such as gray cast iron, cast steel, forged steel, spheroidal graphite cast iron, aluminum, etc.

[0030] In a method step S20, at least one predetermined parameter of the surface topography of the at least one contact surface 12 of the basic body 10 is modified by laser radiation 20. In an advantageous way, the at least one contact surface 12 is heated and/or melted and/or vaporized and/or cleaned by the laser radiation 20. In this way, a number of steps for preprocessing the contact surface 12 of the basic body 10 can be carried out at the same time. For example, organic deposits can be removed, the chemical composition of the surface topography of the contact surface 12 modified and the contact surface 12 decarburized by the high-energy laser radiation 20. Furthermore, the at least one contact surface 12 may be melted by the laser radiation, so that segregations and/or inclusions in the melt are dissolved. Since the solidification takes place very rapidly by the self-quenching, the alloying elements or impurities advantageously cannot become segregated any longer and a homogeneous contact surface 12 is obtained. Moreover, the laser radiation 20 may have the effect of vaporizing part of the contact surface 12. The combination of melt and vapor advantageously leads to a change in the surface structure, so that a surface topography with great roughness can be produced by adaptation of the laser parameters.

[0031] In a method step S30, the wearing coat 30 is applied to the basic body 10.

[0032] Preferably, the wearing coat 30 is sprayed onto the modified surface topography of the contact surface 12 of the basic body 10. The adhesion of the wearing coat 30 can be advantageously increased by the modification of the surface topography of the contact surface 12 of the basic body 10 that is carried out in step S20, giving rise to a large number of connection possibilities, which can be adapted to the material properties and to the circumstances. Thus, the wearing coat may be applied, for example, by high-velocity oxy-fuel spraying (HVOF) and/or atmospheric plasma spraying (APS).