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Drum Brake Vs Disc Brake

By,
Yash Sorathiya

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What is brake?

A Brake is a device by means of which

artificial frictional resistance is applied to
a m o v i n g m a c h i n e m e m b e r, i n o r d e r t o
retard or stop the motion of a machine.

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Drum Brake
Or Internal Expanding Shoe Brake

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Construction
• An internal expanding shoe brake consists of two
shoes as shown in figure.
• The outer surface of the shoes are linked with some
friction material to increase the coefficient of friction
and to prevent wearing away of the metal.
• Each shoe is pivoted at one end about a fixed
fulcrum and made to contact a cam at the other end.

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Working

• When brake is applied, the cam rotates, So that shoes are pushed
outwards against the rim of the drum.
• The friction between the shoes and the drum produces the braking
torque and hence reduces the speed of the drum.
• The shoes are normally held in position by a spring as shown in
figure.
• The encloses the entire mechanism to keep out dust and noisture.

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Advantages Master title style
Disadvantages

Advantages Disadvantages
• Low
Simple
braking
Design.
force compared to disc brake.
• Brakes
Fewer Parts.
fade when the driver applies them for prolonged time.
• The
Easybrake
and cheaper
shoe lining
to manufacture.
made of asbestos is harmful to humans.
• Non-asbestos
Low maintenancelinings
cost.
catch moisture, causing the brakes to grab
• suddenly.
Comparatively longer life.
• When wet, the braking grip reduces considerably.

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Disc Brake

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Construction
• Car Disc brake system are made up of the rotor, brake
pads, pistons and caliper.

• Caliper is housing that fits over the rotor and holds the
brake pads and pistons, as well as contains ducting for
fluid.

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Working
• When the brake pedal is pressed, the high
pressure fluid from the master cylinder
pushes the piston inside.
• The piston pushes the brake pad against
rotating disc.
• As the inner brake pad touches rotor, the
fluid pressure exerts further force and the
caliper moves inward and pulls outward
brake pad towards the rotating disc and it
touches disc.
• Now both the brake pads are pushes the
rotating disc so that a large amount of
friction is generated in between the pads
and rotating disc and slows down the
vehicle and finally stops.
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Advantages Master title style
Disadvantages

Advantages Disadvantages

• It is lighter than drum brakes. • It is costlier than drum brakes.

• It has better cooling. • Higher pedal pressure required for stopping
vehicle
• It offers better resistance to fade.
• It provides uniform pressure distribution.
• The replacement of brake pads are easy.

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Comparison Master title
Drumstyle
and Disc Brake
Disc Brake
1 Simple in design and construction.
2 Disc brakes weigh less.
3 Friction surfaces are directly exposed to
atmospheric cooled air.
4 Very easy to replace friction pad.
5 They have better water recovery.
6 Initial cost is high.
7 Poor parking brake performance.
8 They have self adjusting ability.
9 Frictional area of pads is very less.
Drum Brake
Not so simple in design and construction.
Drum brakes will weigh more.
Friction surfaces are not directly exposed to
atmosphere so cooling is less effective.
The brake lining have to be either riveted or fixed with
adhesives to brake shoes.
In wet condition, water gets into shoe causing the
linings to loose frictional contact.
Initial cost is low.
They make excellent parking brakes.
These need either manual or automatic brake
adjustment.
Frictional area of shoes is about 4 times that of disc
brakes. Therefore, the pressure intensity required is
less.
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Thank You

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