Abstract: A friction assembly for a brake system able to collect vapors resulting from the friction of a lining. The friction assembly for a disc brake system includes: —a lining made of friction material, including a friction face, an attachment face opposite the friction face, and a collection groove that is open on the friction face; —a sole plate, supporting the lining, including a hole; —a negative pressure source configured to create negative pressure in the collection groove and the hole. The friction assembly includes a gas filtration device, in pneumatic communication with the collection groove and the hole, able to collect gases resulting from friction of the lining and coming from the collection groove.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system for suctioning braking particles from a friction braking system of a vehicle, the suction system including a negative-pressure source, a suction mouth, a filter, a pneumatic circuit connecting the suction mouth to the negative-pressure source, and a control unit configured to control the negative-pressure source, the suction system also including a pressure sensor for measuring the pressure prevailing in the pneumatic circuit, the control unit controlling the negative-pressure source so that the pressure in the pneumatic circuit reaches or tends to meet a predetermined negative-pressure setpoint, and an associated method.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system for capturing braking particles from a friction brake system, which includes a vacuum source, a pneumatic circuit that connects the friction brake system to the vacuum source, and a filter located on the pneumatic circuit and mounted on a support. The capturing system includes a control unit and an identification device for identifying the current filter, which is capable of sending at least one signal to the control unit, the signal including at least one current characteristic of the current filter, the control unit being capable of comparing the at least one current characteristic with at least one reference characteristic of a reference filter and informing a user when the at least one current characteristic and the at least one reference characteristic are dissimilar.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system for capturing braking particles from a friction brake system, which has a vacuum source, a pneumatic circuit which connects the friction brake system to the vacuum source, and a filter located on the pneumatic circuit and mounted on a support. The capturing system comprises a control unit and a detection device for the filter which is capable of sending at least one signal to the control unit, the control unit being capable, on the basis of this signal, of identifying the absence of the filter and of informing a user of this absence of the filter.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system for capturing braking particles from a friction brake system of a machine, which includes a vacuum source, a pneumatic circuit which connects the friction brake system to the vacuum source, and a filter located on the pneumatic circuit and mounted on a support. The capturing system includes a control unit, a control device for the machine, and a clogging detection device for the filter which is capable of sending at least one signal to the control unit when the filter is clogged, the control unit being capable of determining the clogging of the filter, on the basis of this signal, and being capable of determining whether the detection device is inoperative, the control unit being capable of activating the control device to limit the operation of the machine when the filter is clogged or when the detection device is inoperative.

Abstract: Disclosed is a friction set for a railway disk brake system for railway rolling stock including: a shoe holder including a receiving slideway; a friction shoe including a brake pad and a profiled shape configured for being slid into the receiving slideway, where the friction shoe includes a pneumatic conduit connecting a first space delimited by a first surface of the friction shoe to a second space delimited by a second opposite surface the friction shoe; at least one through hole arranged in the shoe holder and laid out so as to be facing the pneumatic conduit; and a pneumatic junction ring laid out in the pneumatic conduit forming a pneumatic guide between the through hole of the shoe holder and the pneumatic conduit of the friction shoe.

Abstract: Disclosed is a friction set for a railway disk brake system for railway rolling stock including: a shoe holder including a receiving slideway; a friction shoe including a brake pad and a profiled shape configured for being slid into the receiving slideway, where the friction shoe includes a pneumatic conduit connecting a first space delimited by a first surface of the friction shoe to a second space delimited by a second opposite surface the friction shoe; a through hole arranged in the shoe holder and laid out so as to be facing the pneumatic conduit; and a pneumatic connector mounted on the shoe holder, pneumatically connected with the through hole, extending away from the friction shoe and rotationally mobile relative to the shoe holder, around an axis perpendicular to a main plane of the shoe holder.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system for suctioning braking particles from a friction braking system of a vehicle, the suction system including a negative-pressure source, a suction mouth, a filter, a pneumatic circuit connecting the suction mouth to the negative-pressure source, and a control unit configured to control the negative-pressure source, the suction system also including a pressure sensor for measuring the pressure prevailing in the pneumatic circuit, the control unit controlling the negative-pressure source so that the pressure in the pneumatic circuit reaches or tends to meet a predetermined negative-pressure setpoint, and an associated method.

Abstract: A friction assembly for a brake system able to collect vapors resulting from the friction of a lining. The friction assembly for a disc brake system includes: —a lining made of friction material, including a friction face, an attachment face opposite the friction face, and a collection groove that is open on the friction face; —a sole plate, supporting the lining, including a hole; —a negative pressure source configured to create negative pressure in the collection groove and the hole. The friction assembly includes a gas filtration device, in pneumatic communication with the collection groove and the hole, able to collect gases resulting from friction of the lining and coming from the collection groove.

Abstract: Disclosed is a friction set for a railway disk brake system for railway rolling stock including: a shoe holder including a receiving slideway; a friction shoe including a brake pad and a profiled shape configured for being slid into the receiving slideway, where the friction shoe includes a pneumatic conduit connecting a first space delimited by a first surface of the friction shoe to a second space delimited by a second opposite surface the friction shoe; at least one through hole arranged in the shoe holder and laid out so as to be facing the pneumatic conduit; and a pneumatic junction ring laid out in the pneumatic conduit forming a pneumatic guide between the through hole of the shoe holder and the pneumatic conduit of the friction shoe.

Abstract: Brake pad in an axle disc brake A, the pad comprising a shoe (1) and a lining made from friction material, the lining being defined by a friction face (26), a mounting face (20), an internal edge (23), an external edge (24), a front edge (21), a rear edge (22), the lining being provided with a collection groove (3), open on the friction face (26) and arranged close to the front edge (21), the shoe comprising a hole (17) in fluid communication with the collection groove, this hole being connected to a vacuum source via the communication means (4), the collection groove emerging at one of the edges chosen among the internal and external edges.

Abstract: Disclosed is a friction set for a railway disk brake system for railway rolling stock including: a shoe holder including a receiving slideway; a friction shoe including a brake pad and a profiled shape configured for being slid into the receiving slideway, where the friction shoe includes a pneumatic conduit connecting a first space delimited by a first surface of the friction shoe to a second space delimited by a second opposite surface the friction shoe; a through hole arranged in the shoe holder and laid out so as to be facing the pneumatic conduit; and a pneumatic connector mounted on the shoe holder, pneumatically connected with the through hole, extending away from the friction shoe and rotationally mobile relative to the shoe holder, around an axis perpendicular to a main plane of the shoe holder.

Abstract: Brake pad in an axle disc brake A, the pad comprising a shoe (1) and a lining made from friction material, the lining being defined by a friction face (26), a mounting face (20), an internal edge (23), an external edge (24), a front edge (21), a rear edge (22), the lining being provided with a collection groove (3), open on the friction face (26) and arranged close to the front edge (21), the shoe comprising a hole (17) in fluid communication with the collection groove, this hole being connected to a vacuum source via the communication means (4), the collection groove emerging at one of the edges chosen among the internal and external edges.

Abstract: Nonpolluting brake assembly comprising a rotor, a pad comprising friction material capable of releasing particles resulting from abrasion, an autonomous suction device for drawing off said particles which comprises an intake opening arranged in the immediate vicinity of the pad and the rotor, a collection chamber for collecting the particles, an impeller driven by the rotor by means of a roller pressing on the rotor, for drawing off the particles through the opening and propelling them into the collection chamber, such that the particles are trapped as close as possible to their emission.

Abstract: A non-polluting brake assembly comprising a caliper bracket, a rotor disc, two movable pads clamped by a caliper, the pads comprising friction material capable of releasing particles resulting from abrasion, and a suction device arranged at least partially in proximity to the caliper bracket, the suction device comprising, in proximity to each pad, a suction zone delimited by a deflector and in which a negative pressure is created, characterized in that the deflector comprises at least one portion located in an external radial position relative to the pad.

Abstract: Nonpolluting brake assembly comprising a rotor, a pad comprising friction material capable of releasing particles resulting from abrasion, an autonomous suction device for drawing off said particles which comprises an intake opening arranged in the immediate vicinity of the pad and the rotor, a collection chamber for collecting the particles, an impeller driven by the rotor by means of a roller pressing on the rotor, for drawing off the particles through the opening and propelling them into the collection chamber, such that the particles are trapped as close as possible to their emission.

Abstract: Nonpolluting brake assembly comprising a rotor, a pad comprising friction material capable of releasing particles resulting from abrasion, an autonomous suction device for drawing off said particles which comprises an intake opening arranged in the immediate vicinity of the pad and the rotor, a collection chamber for collecting the particles, an impeller driven by the rotor by means of a roller pressing on the rotor, for drawing off the particles through the opening and propelling them into the collection chamber, such that the particles are trapped as close as possible to their emission.