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Aramid Cloth Frictional Coefficient

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By sgesmith - 10/28/2014 4:57:15 PM

Hello

I am a 4th year mechanical engineering student at the University of Liverpool, and I am involved in the Human Powered Helicopter Project. For this, we are designing, building and testing a few different control methods at 1/3 scale - one of these uses a conical clutch to engage/disengage the rotor in order to distribute power across the helicopter.

After doing some research I found that common frictional materials used as clutch material include aramid cloth - I just wondered if anyone had any information regarding the frictional properties of the following product, and whether it may be suitable to be used on the face of a clutch.

Thank you in advance
By sgesmith - 11/17/2014 2:58:35 PM

Hi guys,

Thank you very much for your replies, will definitely check out Ferodo and see what they can do.