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Disk rotor material?
Dear All,
Does anyone know what grade of stainless steel is typically used for bicycle disk brake rotors? Thanks for your help. |
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Disk rotor material?
Nick wrote:
Dear All, Does anyone know what grade of stainless steel is typically used for bicycle disk brake rotors? Thanks for your help. why? |
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jim beam's identity revealed! (was: Disk rotor material?)
"jim beam" wrote:
Nick wrote: Dear All, Does anyone know what grade of stainless steel is typically used for bicycle disk brake rotors? Thanks for your help. why? "jim beam" is actually Prisoner No. 6. -- Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia Beer - It's not just for breakfast anymore! |
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jim beam's identity revealed! (was: Disk rotor material?)
Hello all,
We have a laser cutter at work and I work as a designer so was thinking of designing my own rotors. I have tried looking on the internet to see if I could find out the material used without success. I *think* we use 316 grade in various thicknesses but am unsure if this will be suitable. Perhaps it doesn't really matter! Thanks, Nick |
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jim beam's identity revealed! (was: Disk rotor material?)
On Oct 19, 5:36 am, Nick wrote:
Hello all, We have a laser cutter at work and I work as a designer so was thinking of designing my own rotors. I have tried looking on the internet to see if I could find out the material used without success. I *think* we use 316 grade in various thicknesses but am unsure if this will be suitable. Perhaps it doesn't really matter! Thanks, Nick T316 or T304/304L will be fine if you're just looking for something cheap to screw around with, but it's not going to wear too well. Full hard T301 would be ideal, but it's very expensive. |
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jim beam's identity revealed!
Nick wrote:
Hello all, We have a laser cutter at work and I work as a designer so was thinking of designing my own rotors. I have tried looking on the internet to see if I could find out the material used without success. I *think* we use 316 grade in various thicknesses but am unsure if this will be suitable. Perhaps it doesn't really matter! Thanks, Nick it will matter. too hard, and you'll lose braking efficiency. too soft, it won't last. it also needs to not gall. unfortunately, i don't know what grade the material is, but if you have an old disk, give it to your material supplier, and say you want more of the same. they should be able to provide. two more things: 1. when you're done, you need to make sure the friction surfaces are parallel - if they're not, you're going to get some really grabby brakes. 2. be very aware of fatigue when designing. you'll notice that all existing designs avoid sharp angles in their layout, and have spiders where the load arms work in compression, not tension when braking. this is all to mitigate fatigue - emulate these principles! |
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jim beam's identity revealed!
That's very helpful, thanks guys!
I may well just copy existing designs but add little personal touches. Cheers, Nick |
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jim beam's identity revealed! (was: Disk rotor material?)
"Nick" wrote in message ups.com... Hello all, We have a laser cutter at work and I work as a designer so was thinking of designing my own rotors. I have tried looking on the internet to see if I could find out the material used without success. I *think* we use 316 grade in various thicknesses but am unsure if this will be suitable. Perhaps it doesn't really matter! Thanks, Nick I don't know what kind of metal is used in bicycle disc brake rotors. About 46RC is the maximum hardness for 300 series stainless steels like 303, 304 and 316 (18/8 Inox). They can only be hardened by cold working processes such as cold rolling, drawing or bending operations. At 46RC these metals are not going to have a lot of abrasion resistance. For an experiment thin sheet metal made from any of the 300 series stainless steels will probably work fine. Thin sheet made of these metals is usually in the mid to high 30s on the Rockwell C scale. Some of the 400 series stainless steels can be hardened by heat treatment to the mid 50s on the Rockwell hardness scale. A common hand file has a Rockwell hardness of around 57-62RC. 440C Stainless can be hardened up to 67RC. This is the stainless used for knives and other cutlery. There are specialty abrasion resistant steels and other metals that also have corrosion resistant properties but they will be hard to find in the thickness required for bike brake rotors. Chas. |
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