VALEO is currently developing a new type of brake for passenger cars and light trucks called Crown Brake.
The Crown Brake is equivalent to a disc brake with a large diameter, and where the friction surfaces have been curved into a cylindrical shape.
This original concept confers to the Crown Brake all the advantages of a conventional disc brake and introduces two new key advantages:
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the useful brake radius is increased by 20 to 30 %
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a similar increase in the heat dissipation areas, hence lower pad wear.
Exhaustive testing has been conducted in cooperation with European manufacturers. Anticipated advantages have been confirmed.