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Citation
(1999), "Carbon brake materials technical department strengthened", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 71 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/aeat.1999.12771dab.053
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 1999, MCB UP Limited
Carbon brake materials technical department strengthened
Carbon brake materials technical department strengthened
Keyword: Dunlop
Dunlop Aviation has extended its friction materials department to exploit the carbon processing and manufacturing techniques which it is developing.
The department is headed up by Dr Ron Fisher (Plate 17), Centre of Excellence Manager, Friction Materials. He has been with the company 31 years starting with sintered materials and was responsible for the technology development making it possible to use carbon/carbon brakes on Concorde, the first civil airliner to be so equipped.
Last year, Ron Fisher was awarded the Royal Aeronautical Society British Bronze Medal in recognition of his major contribution to the development of aircraft braking systems.
Plate 17 Dr Ron Fisher
David Johnson MSc (Composites), BSc (Materials) (Plate 18) and Keith Williams (BA) (Plate 19) have recently been joined by Dr Toby Hutton PhD (Plate 20), who is based at Nottingham University following on from his post-doctorate specialisation working on development of materials processing.
Plate 18 David Johnson
Other work currently being carried out is aimed at improving performance properties particularly friction behaviour including dynamics and wear.
Plate 19 Keith Williams
Plate 20 Dr Toby Hutton