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BRAKE DIsc for AutoMotive - performance enhancement by insertion of diamond particles

PROJECTS
Funding
European
European Union
Duration
-
Status
Complete
Geo-spatial type
Other
Total project cost
€71 429
EU Contribution
€50 000
Project Acronym
BrakeDiam
STRIA Roadmaps
Vehicle design and manufacturing (VDM)
Transport mode
Road icon
Transport policies
Safety/Security
Transport sectors
Passenger transport

Overview

Call for proposal
H2020-SMEINST-1-2015
Link to CORDIS
Background & Policy context

Created in Grezzana (Italy) in 2013, Ferdiam S.r.l. is a “startup” company dedicated to the development of innovative technologies and products through the use of the diamond. As a spin-off Dellas S.p.a., world-renowned leader for over 40 years in the manufacturing of diamond-based tools for cutting stone, the company have a solid and proven knowledge of the potential of the diamond for industrial applications and its subsequent business exploitation.

Diamonds have unsurpassed hardness among minerals on Earth (according to the Mohs scale). Their thermal conductivity is extremely high (5 times higher than 2nd ranked, Copper) that leads to practical 20-times better thermal-dissipation than other industrial materials (e.g. iron, steel). These, together with other properties (broad band optical transparency; extremely chemically inert-not affected by any acid or other chemicals; graphitization only at very high temperatures) make them a very versatile material for industrial purposes.

Objectives

Originally focused on the decorative world thanks to the diamond’s characteristics of brightness and resistance, the organisation's business development has evolved as well towards the automotive sector where its thermal conductivity and hardness can address current needs towards higher performances of the disc brakes, crucial systems of the automotive.

Using diamonds, BrakeDiam, our innovative brake for automotive industry, means a new push forward in braking technology, improving the complete braking system in standard tourism cars and motorbikes: safer (braking time to stop vehicle is reduced by 15%), optimized gas consumption (braking system 25% lighter), less maintenance (+40% operating life) and environmental friendly (-50% particle emissions of steel/iron dust). This project, which aims at producing and commercializing our BrakeDiam disc brake range, will allow us to grow sustainably through an accumulated profit over 12 million within the first 5 years of exploitation.

Funding

Parent Programmes
Institution Type
Public institution
Institution Name
European Commission
Type of funding
Public (EU)
Specific funding programme
H2020-EU.3.4.
H2020-EU.2.3.1.

Partners

Lead Organisation
Organisation
Ferdiam Srl
Address
VIALE DEL LAVORO 2, 37023 GREZZANA, Italy
EU Contribution
€50 000
Partner Organisations
EU Contribution
€0

Technologies

Technology Theme
Road vehicle design and manufacturing
Technology
Low environmental impact brake system
Development phase
Implementation

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