METHOD AND PLANT FOR THE THERMAL TREATMENT OF FRICTION ELEMENTS, IN PARTICULAR BRAKE PADS

摘要

Method and plant (1) for the thermal treatment of friction elements (2) including a convective heating step which is performed within a convective tunnel oven (5); wherein the friction elements are arranged laid, in an orderly manner, upon a plurality of trays (16) each having a perforated resting plate (18) upon which the friction elements (2) are laid in a position next to one another only, but not overlapped; and wherein the trays (16) are piled up on top of each other whilst being kept distanced from one another in a stacking direction by an amount that is greater than the thickness of the friction elements; groups (19) of piled up trays containing the friction elements being arranged side by side on belt conveyor means (10) that pass through the tunnel oven (5) such as to transport the friction elements (2) through the tunnel oven.