Wide-ranging Remsa pads

With a production of more than 20-million sets per annum , Remsa offers to its customers not only all the “know how” of one of the main friction materials manufacturers in the world, but the most comprehensive product range available in the friction industry.

The products cover European, American, Japanese, Korean and Australian applications, with more than 2,000 different part numbers on offer, and with different levels of specification.

A new manufacturing process has been recently implemented in Remsa factories codenamed HPT ( high pressure treatment).

The disc pads are scorched using an electrically-heated steel table system at 650 degrees C, and accelerated heat interchange applying 10,000 N Press force per brake pad, thus ensuring that the complete surface of the pad is evenly cured.

This process provides a shorter bedding-in period and an efficient brake operation just upon installation, as typical OEM pad performance is required to work in the most severe conditions.

There are three important features of HPT HPT involves extreme heat and pressure to scorch the pad surface 1 to 2 mm deep, which increases bedding ability. HPT means safety, because it avoids the crystallisation process typical of friction materials losing braking performance over the useful product life. HPT is healthy for the environment. During the scorching process, gases emitted by a post-bur process are rendered harmless. If this process was not done at the production plant then the driver could suffer the negative effects during the brake bedding-in period and the gases would go to the atmosphere. Remsa is imported by Automotive Supplies NZ, and distributed throughout New Zealand through Autostop and Extreme Automotive Branches and a large number of brake specialists.

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