NUCAP Industries is inviting friction suppliers to pair their own formulas with NRS Fusion, a new brake pad manufacturing architecture that cures friction material on its own and then mechanically presses it onto a fully galvanized backing plate. NUCAP Industries showed the technology at the SAE Brake Colloquium & Exhibition in Palm Desert, California. The company says it drew interest there from automotive engineers, Tier 1 manufacturers, and other industry stakeholders. NUCAP is now offering prototype validation data and trial runs to suppliers that want to evaluate the process.
How Does NRS Fusion Work?
The architecture fully separates friction manufacturing from backing plate assembly. First, the friction material is cured by itself into a standalone “puck.” That puck is then mechanically pressed onto a fully galvanized backing plate using NUCAP’s NRS Fusion technology.
What NRS Fusion Means for Friction Suppliers
According to NUCAP, friction manufacturers that partner with the company could launch their proprietary formulas on the NRS Fusion architecture. Because the compound cures apart from the steel, suppliers can optimize curing thresholds without steel constraints. The company says this speeds up product development cycles.
NUCAP also says the arrangement lets suppliers work closely with its team to address noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH) issues more quickly.
Supplier Interest After the Colloquium
NUCAP leadership said the engagement it saw at the SAE Brake Colloquium shows the industry wants this kind of progress. Following the exhibition and the Tier 1 interest it reported, the company is formally inviting all friction suppliers to collaborate.
Friction suppliers, engineering teams, and developers can contact NUCAP directly to request prototype validation data or schedule a trial run.
