Brembo Works With Re-breath Project To Reduce Brake Wear Emissions

Following 3 years of research, partners successful nan RE-BREATH brake deterioration emissions investigation task opportunity they person astir completed their work. RE-BREATH (the sanction stands for ‘reduction of brake deterioration emissions successful nan carrier sector) is an inaugural funded by nan European Commission’s LIFE Programme that has progressive master partners successful Europe who person been moving to amended knowledge of nan non-exhausted microparticle emissions generated by braking systems successful section nationalist carrier (LPT).

This knowledge will past beryllium applied to measure their effect of these emissions connected people’s value of life and nan environment, and yet for nan creation and improvement of an innovative and much environmentally friends braking strategy for buses.

Through collaboration betwixt research, business and nationalist institutions, nan RE-BREATH partners opportunity they person shown that targeted invention successful braking systems tin make a definite publication to making nationalist carrier much sustainable. They besides study that real-world roadworthy tests conducted complete nan past 16 months successful nan cities of Bergamo, Italy and Bratislava, Slovenia confirmed location would beryllium benefits to reducing brake emissions.  Bergamo and Bratislava were chosen for nan tests arsenic they were identified by nan European Environment Agency arsenic being among nan municipality centres pinch nan highest PM10 concentrations.

At nan bosom of nan task is an innovative brake strategy developed by Brembo N.V., pinch nan brake discs made of a typical low-wear formed iron, and nan brake pads specially designed to activity successful synergy pinch these discs. The brake disc has been developed utilizing Brembo’s acquisition successful helping backstage carrier comply pinch nan caller Euro7 standard.

The brake pad, scheduled for marketplace motorboat by nan extremity of 2025, has been specially developed for heavy-duty vehicles and is 100% copper-free. The RE-BREATH partners opportunity nan brake strategy met nan extremity of maintaining precocious braking ratio while importantly reducing particulate emissions compared pinch accepted systems.

The Brembo brake discs are made of a typical low-wear formed iron, and nan brake pads are specially designed to activity successful synergy pinch these discs

The results of nan RE-BREATH task showed a important summation successful nan work life of brake discs during roadworthy demonstrations compared to humanities data: +50% compared to OE (original equipment) systems, and +100% compared to AM (aftermarket) systems.

PM10 emissions were recovered to person been reduced by 10% compared pinch nan OE system, utilizing nan chair trial emanation facet and nan EEA (European Environment Agency) methodology for emissions estimation. A alteration successful PM10 attraction betwixt 40% and 70% was shown astatine autobus stops equipped pinch greenish barriers, confirming nan effectiveness of biology mitigation interventions.

The task information has been shared pinch Task Force 5 (PMP group, UNECE) to thief create early emanation standards. The tests besides revealed their imaginable scalability successful similar, high-demand contexts, and nan results paved nan measurement for nan wider take of sustainable components wrong autobus fleets. Thanks to nan collaboration pinch Arriva Italia and Arriva Slovakia, nan strategy is already being replicated successful their ray commercialized conveyance fleet successful Italy (Bergamo and Rome) and Slovenia, anticipating nan Euro 7 modular that will travel into effect successful 2026.

The task besides saw nan progressive publication of nan Municipality of Bergamo, which looked into greenish mitigation interventions astatine nan section level. The National Research Council, nan Institute connected Atmospheric Pollution (CNR-IIA) and nan Institute for nan Study of Nanostructured Materials (CNR-ISMN) besides worked together to measurement aerial value and nan pollutants emitted by conveyance brakes astatine autobus stops, arsenic good arsenic processing nan pollutant dispersion model.

Looking to nan future, nan task partners judge that continuous collaboration betwixt business, research, nationalist institutions and section communities is basal for promoting further low-impact mobility solutions. The partners besides opportunity nan replicable exemplary developed done RE-BREATH is now a champion believe for building greener, liveable and resilient cities wherever municipality mobility meets nan needs of citizens and nan environment.