R&D & Manufacturing
Quality control from formulation to finished product
Production integration
The following connects laser cutting and pickling to friction plate manufacturing, equipment selection and a closed quality-control loop.
1. Laser cutting in friction plate production
Laser cutting blanks steel back plates and shoes, as well as shims, fixtures and racks. It avoids stamping tool investment during prototyping and small batches, produces narrow smooth cuts, maintains dimensional consistency and reuses remnants.
Selection: common 1.5–6 mm cold-rolled or galvanized back plates can typically be served by 3–6 kW. Exchange-table machines support larger batches. Gas control and automatic nozzle changes improve consistency. Request actual-material trials before purchasing.
2. Pickling in production
Pickling prepares sheet and strip used for back plates and shoes. Removing scale and contamination, followed by blasting to create an anchor profile, improves bonding to resin or sintered friction materials. Removing brittle scale also reduces die wear and burrs in stamping, and stabilizes bending and shear results between batches.
3. Connecting inspection
The two equipment stages form a closed loop with downstream inspection.
Process and inspection quality loop
| Equipment / process | Inspection | Closed-loop value |
|---|---|---|
| Laser blanking | Video dimensional measurement | Locates dimensional deviation in cutting or tooling |
| Steel pickling | Rockwell hardness; friction and wear | Batch variation provides indirect evidence of surface condition |
| Back plate bending / shearing | Transverse strength testing | Bending and shear consistency relates to upstream pickling and cutting quality |