Reduction of Wet Brake Squeal in a Forklift

지게차용 습식 브레이크의 소음저감

Elimination of squeal noise generated during brake application is an important task for the improvement of comforts in vehicles. In this paper, the structure of the wet brake and its operation are described first, and the cause of the noise is analyzed by identifying how the factors such as torque, speed, oil pressure, lubricant, and friction material affect the noise. To verify the mechanism of generation of the noise, several experiments of brake applications are executed, Based upon the review on the technical papers and the results from the experiments, several solutions to reduce the noise, available in real applications, are suggested, and the feasibilities of them are confirmed through the applications to the current system.