V.A. Belyi Metal Polymer Research Institute offers consumers NAO friction materials with low corrosion and noise activity for mechanical brakes of electric vehicles under a manufacturing agreement and/or their production technology under a licensing agreement and is looking for partners to conclude a distribution services agreement.

Materials and a production technology have been developed to reduce the corrosion rate of friction-interacting components of braking systems. This technology utilizes corrosion inhibitors in friction composites. Reliable operation of traditional friction (mechanical) braking systems is an important factor in the efficient and safe operation of hybrid and electric vehicles. In electric vehicles, the use of friction brakes is reduced, which, under constant exposure to environmental factors, intensifies corrosion processes in brake components and, consequently, increases the frequency of braking noise.
NAO (Non Asbestos Organic) friction composites containing complex corrosion inhibitors have been developed. These composites meet international environmental safety requirements and do not contain any metallic fillers, including copper or copper-containing alloys. It has been shown that corrosion inhibitors contained in wear products of friction composites are transferred to transfer films formed during friction on the surface of the metal counterface and, by reducing the active metal surface area, reduce the overall corrosion damage to the surface by 20–35%. It has been established that by reducing the degree of friction surface corrosion due to inhibitor protection, the sound pressure level generated by the brakes decreases by 7–30 dB in the frequency range of 6–20 kHz. Bench tests of experimental brake pads confirmed their high protective and frictional efficiency.

The information is published in the Catalog "100 Best Developments of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus for the National Economy for 2022–2023," pp. 44–45.(in Russian)

This development has no belarussian analogues. Compared to foreign analogues (friction materials Geely (China), Fritex (Russian Federation), Tribo (Ukraine), it reduces the degree of overall corrosion damage to the metal surface of the brake disc in friction units by 20–35%.
It has a prolonged effect. It reduces the sound pressure level generated by the friction pair by 7–30 dB in the frequency range of 6–20 kHz.

NAO friction materials from V.A. Belyi Metal Polymer Research Institute has significant advantages due to their high environmental friendliness, durability, and versatility. and compliance with international standards. This makes them in demand in both domestic and international markets, especially in the face of growing safety and environmental requirements.

Bench and operational tests of brake pads made from developed friction composites were carried out.

Currently, the V.A. Belyi Metal Polymer Research Institute is an academic scientific and technical complex focused on fundamental and applied research in two main areas:

1) Physicochemical foundations for the development of composite materials based on organic and inorganic polymers;
2) Surface physics, chemistry, and mechanics, analysis of contact interactions, friction, wear, and lubrication in technical and biological systems.

Within these areas, the Institute is a leading research and production complex in the following areas:

- Interfacial phenomena in polymer-polymer and metal-polymer systems;
- Weather resistance and durability prediction of polymer composites;
- Adaptive materials and structures;
- Physics and chemistry of lubrication;
- Sealing and filtration methods;
- Composite product design methods;
- Recycling of multicomponent polymer systems;
- Physics and technology of thin films;
- methods of surface analysis, description and classification of surface topography at the micro- and nanoscale, and solutions to contact and thermal problems in tribology;
- space tribology;
- friction and lubrication of natural and artificial joints;
- diagnostics and monitoring of machine friction units.

The most significant practical results have been achieved in the field of polymer materials science. Research by the Institute's scientists has significantly expanded the range of domestic polymer composites and products. Several dozen import-substituting and export-oriented polymer composite materials have been developed for mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and agriculture.

In recent years, more than 40 brands of import-substituting and export-oriented polymer composite materials have been developed in the field of polymer materials science for mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, construction, and agriculture. Serial production of a number of materials has been launched at the Belneftekhim concern. The Institute exports many of its developments, primarily to Russia.

In the field of tribology, concepts of rough layer structure, friction surface morphology, and wear particle morphology have been developed. A number of computational methods and models for discrete frictional contact, friction thermal dynamics, and computer modeling of solid-state contact interactions have been developed. Based on fundamental research in this field, a number of new methods for analyzing material surface layers, including at the micro- and nanoscale, have been developed.

Every year, work is carried out under contracts with CIS and non-CIS countries (Russia, Ukraine, USA, France, the Republic of Korea, Switzerland, Poland, and others) for the development and supply of scientific equipment, new materials, and technologies.

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