Applied Rotor Technology
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Through the use of deep cryogenic tempering, the rotors made by ART are able to endure more heat and abuse by reducing the rotor of porosity and stress. Slotting the rotors adds additional cooling by aiding the out-gassing effect, in turn increasing braking performance in wet & dry situations.
Benefits of ART rotors include a 200 percent increase in pad & rotor life, eliminating brake fade and warpage or thickness variation, and decrease in stopping distances by 20 percent. In addition, the rotors are plated to help prevent corrosion.
Cryogenic tempering isn't a completely new idea. The freezing of metal in an effort to increase its durability and strength has been practiced for some thirty years within various industries. The tool and die industry regularly uses this approach to temper and extend the life of steel tooling bits. The advent of "deep cryogenics" opens new possibilities, in the case of brake rotors and brake drums.
By cryo-treating a metal part, the molecular structure is made more uniform, more durable and much stronger. Cryogenic tempering changes the areas of weaker, potentially brittle deposits called "austenites" into harder, more uniform particles called "martensites."
These particles are responsible for the exceptional wear characteristics imparted by the process, due to a denser molecular structure and a reduction in porosity. In brake rotors, the process allows the rotor to absorb and sustain more heat, eliminating brake fade and rotor wrapping, which is the most common cause of brake failure.
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The cryogenic system consists of a special enclosure unit, equipped with state of the art thermal sensors, a computer system utilizing highly specialized software and dewars of liquid nitrogen. The process itself takes approximately 72 hours to complete, any faster and metals may run the possibility of thermal shocking. Metal parts are slowly reduced beyond 300 degrees below zero, where they remain for hours, at which point the enclosure is raised back to room temperature at the same rate it was reduced.
The end results are brakes with unsurpassed rotor and pad life, decreased stopping distance, and the elimination of brake fade and rotor warpage. ART believes that cryo-treating and gas port slotting makes their product the best in the market with performance, durability and good value.
Benefits of Cryogenic Treatment
- Increased abrasive wear life
- Increased strength and toughness
- Increased corrosive wear life
- Improved impact strength
- Increased fatigue limit
- One time permanent treatment, it lasts the entire life of the tool (refinishings or re-grinds do not affect the permanent improvements)
- Does not cause dimensional changes
- May be applied to new or used components
- Very cost effective, actually saves time and money by decreasing downtime, reducing replacement and maintenance costs and reduces the number of broken parts
- Relieves stresses
- Enhances structural stability
- Enables you to use less expensive stock parts to reap benefits and performance equal to or greater than parts costing over twice as much
- Is compatible with tool or component surface treatments ( TiN, chrome, Teflon, etc.)
- Creates a denser molecular structure resulting in a larger contact surface area which reduces friction, heat and wear
The end results are brakes with unsurpassed rotor and pad life, decreased stopping distance, and the elimination of brake fade and rotor warpage. ART believes that cryo-treating and gas port slotting makes their product the best in the market with performance, durability and a good value.
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