TESTING AND VALIDATION

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

A fully equipped lab, open to your parts

NUCAP's Research and Development centre is fully equipped to perform corrosion, shear, performance and durability tests of brake pads and other automotive parts. We also perform noise testing on our fully enclosed noise dyno. We have the necessary accreditations, trained personnel and equipment to perform these tests. If you need to test parts in a recognized lab, contact us with the necessary information and we will respond quickly with everything that you need.

WHAT WE TEST

Test capability

Brake pads and other automotive parts, measured rather than estimated.

  • Cyclic corrosion exposure in a CCX chamber.
  • Shear strength of the attachment between friction and plate.
  • Performance and durability on an inertia brake dynamometer, replicating braking across a range of vehicles.
  • Noise testing on a fully enclosed noise dyno.
  • Specific gravity of friction material, a formulation consistency check.

THE TESTS

01 Corrosion

02 Shear

03 Performance

04 Durability

05 Noise

INSIDE THE LAB

Equipment

  • A NUCAP technician at the inertia brake dynamometer

    Inertia brake dynamometer in use

  • A brake caliper and rotor mounted on a test fixture

    A caliper and rotor mounted for testing

  • Atlas CCX advanced cyclic corrosion exposure system with its lid open

    Corrosion chamber, CCX advanced cyclic corrosion exposure system

  • A gloved hand holding a backing plate after corrosion testing

    A backing plate after corrosion testing

  • NUCAP's inertia brake dynamometer

    Inertia brake dynamometer, replicating braking across a range of vehicles

  • The specific gravity of friction material test rig

    Specific gravity of friction material, a formulation consistency check

  • Drive shaft and mounting flange on a test machine

    Drive shaft and mounting flange

  • NUCAP's research and development laboratory

    Inside the laboratory

Test results

NUCAP's NRS mechanical attachment compared with a conventional glue attached pad.

Attachment after testing

Attachment after testing

An NRS pad and a glue attached pad after the same test, shown face on.

The same pads, edge on

The same pads, edge on

The same two pads viewed from the edge.

Edge corrosion

Edge corrosion

Edge corrosion after testing, NRS against a glue attached pad.

 

Accreditations, trained personnel and equipment, under one roof.

Accredited and approved

  • Tested on Link equipment

    Tested on Link equipment

  • Lab approved by

    Lab approved by

  • Accredited lab

    Accredited lab

SCC Accreditation & Design Mark is an Official Mark of the Standards Council of Canada, used under license.