BENDIX BW7294 User Manual
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FORMULABLUE
HYDRAULIC BRAKE PARTS
Formula Blue
Medium-Duty Disc Pads
High Performance Brake Pads For
Hydraulic Brake Fleet Applications
Uncompromising Performance, Outstanding Value
Today, many medium-duty truck fleets are exploring new ways
to better manage margins and overall cost without sacrificing
performance and quality. Formula Blue
Spicer Foundation Brake were developed to address this need.
Formula Blue medium-duty pads use only proven friction material
formulations that raise the bar on value and performance.
Available all the key industry-standard Friction Materials
Standards Institute (FMSI) styles, Formula Blue
pads easily meet the needs of medium-duty
vehicles on the road today.
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disc pads from Bendix
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Long-Wearing, QuietRunning Durability
Advanced engineering allows Formula Blue
medium-duty disc pads to provide you higher levels of
performance and cost-effectiveness. Two formulations of
friction materials – the 109 and 111 series products – cater to a
wide range of vehicle applications.
The 109 Series (Premium) friction material is recommended for
commercial vehicles where quiet operation is a key requirement. Our
Formula Blue 111 series (Heavy-Duty) friction material is suggested
for vocations where vehicles make repeated or significant sustained
braking applications. Both are proven to perform equal to or better
than competitive-brand Premium and Heavy-Duty pads.
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Formula Blue® Medium-Duty Pads
Offer a Competitive Price and Top
Quality Performance
FEATURES BENEFITS
Available in all the
key industry-standard
FMSI styles
Broad coverage for commercial
vehicle fleets
Two advanced
formulations of friction
pads
Long-wearing friction
available for both premium
and heavy-duty pads
Superior stopping power
Unique pad-to-plate
mechanical anchoring
design
Kind to rotors
Long-wearing and quiet-running
designs suited for any Fleet’s
performance and value needs
Enables long intervals between
pad changes, thereby lowering
Fleet’s operating costs
Provides solid brake feel,
eliminating the need for excessive
brake pedal force
More robust friction performance
in demanding vocations with less
friction lift-off during the winter
driving season
Saves time and money by
reducing rotor wear
Thoroughly Tested, Proven
Performance
Two formulations of Formula Blue® friction products were compared
against competitive-brand brake pads geared toward the same
respective applications in three testing scenarios. The results confirm that Formula Blue
superior performance versus competitive brands in terms of fade and
recovery, rotor and pad wear, and braking effectiveness.
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medium-duty disc pads feature equivalent to
The backing teeth “bite” into the
friction material, forming a solid
mechanical adhesion between the
plate and the friction material.
What you don’t see can make all the
difference.
Take a look at this cutaway of a Formula Blue® disc pad and
you’ll see something unique.
The hook shaped teeth, found only on the Formula Blue
duty disc pad design, creates a rock-solid connection between the
friction material and the backing plate. That’s a major difference
between Formula Blue
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pads and the other materials available in
the market today... one that enhances and extends the durability and
performance life when it’s on your vehicle.
The long-lasting, hard-working construction of a Formula Blue
medium-duty disc pad helps to enhance the pad’s sheer strength and
keeps the friction material stabilized, in place and on the job.
The backing teeth “bite” into the friction material, forming a solid
mechanical adhesion between the plate and the friction material
that can stand up to the most demanding application environments
where bonded only friction fails due to separation.
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Background of Analysis
The pad comparison and analysis method used, was jointly developed
by Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake LLC and Link Testing Laboratories
Inc. of Detroit.
Friction pad analysis was conducted on a dynamometer at Link
Testing Laboratories between April 2003 and February 2004.
AlliedSignal originally developed the “Hydraulic Pad Test UI-169Modified” in the 1980s. In the charts found on each of the next
few pages, brands “A, B and C” represent premium pad types, and
brands “X, Y and Z” represent heavy-duty pad types.
Only the teeth – found exclusively on Formula Blue
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medium-duty
disc pads – provide long life integration between the backing plate
and the friction material, binding the friction material to the plate for
the entire useful life of the pad.
Find out more. Talk to your Bendix account manager today.
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