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Example Of Wear

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The drawing shows the typical grooved wear profile (-3 arrows-  ) of a perforated grey cast iron brake disc, which has been used to the wear limit, under tough conditions i.e. constant operation mode (test operation mode). See Fig 1 .

Fig 1: Locating Smooth Friction Rim Zones (Rear Brake Discs)
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