Effect of adding blood shells powder (Anadara Granosa) on wear rate, impact strength, and hardness test as a motorcycle disc brake pad composite
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https://doi.org/10.15282/ijame.23.2.2026.3.1022Keywords:
Anadara Granosa, brake pad, Wear Rate, impact strength, vickers hardness testAbstract
The automotive industry has always demanded innovation in renewable materials that are environmentally friendly. One of the natural materials that has the potential as a constituent material to make motor vehicle parts is blood clam shell waste (Anadara Granosa) which can be used as a raw material for making brake pads. This study has the purpose to analyze the effect of the addition of blood shell powder on the wear, toughness, and hardness value of epoxy resin matrix composite as a motorcycle brake pad. This study is a type of experimental research by comparing the experimental group with the control group (Honda Genuine Parts brand brake pads). The test results showed that the addition of 30% of blood shells powder got the most optimal results with a wear value of 1.27×10-6 mm2/kg, impact value 2.41×10-3 J/mm2, hardness of 19.98 kgf/mm2. The 30% variation has the closest results to the test value on the brake pads of the Honda Genuine Parts brand motorcycle. With this, it can be concluded that the more volume of blood shells powder, the more the strength of the composite increases. With these results, blood shell powder composite can be recommended as an alternative to brake pad friction material that is more environmentally friendly.
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