Ducabike DBK BPR04 Brake Plate Radiator

The concept

The meticolous observation of the braking system's dynamics has given birth to our "Brake Plate Radiator", particularly with the thermal energy transformation during the brake action and with the heat radiation spreading throughout close components. It has been observed that, for various reasons, braking systems have lost during the last years some balance characteristics they had already reached in the past, reasons such as: speed performance upgrades; spending review trend of the manufacturers; the arrival of synthetic materials. Here lies our ambition of inventing a double function device that could, on one hand, reduce the heat radiation coming from the pads towards clamp and oil, while on the other one, generate a cooling for the pad in order to avoid sustained critical temperatures.

Thus, we have made special Hybrid Pads composed of two parts: one produced with special thermal steel, the other consisting in a light-weight alloy with an high thermal-exchange rate.

The project have been carried out after one year of testing and comparisons done right on track before the release of the final version.

The Project

Our heat sinks have been designed using two different metal elements to optimize the thermal insulation of the brake pad by the caliper and the cooling thereof.

The main body of our heat sink is made of a special thermal steel with a high degree of heat conductivity. The material is first laser cut and then CNC machined in our workshops, the slots have two purposes, the first to reduce the contact surface, the second to release the hot air formed inside the brake piston cavity by reducing the hot chamber effect, and the propagation of heat in the piston and oil. The main body of the steel sink is connected to a light alloy heatsink made of a special aluminum with high thermal conductivity, which has the task of assisting the process of heat dissipation.

Our tests have shown a reduction in the temperature of the brake pad to a maximum of 20 degrees, and a substantial improvement in braking, an incredible stability at braking start, an optimum rollback value of the brake pads resulting in a hot free wheel. In addition, the brake pads have shown to have a longer life of 25% due to a less temperature burdensome usage.

The project has been developed for more than a year and during this time we have used different motorcycles, and always getting the same result.

The Development

The development of the project lasted one year, we started with the choice of materials and their production process. Various configurations and different materials processing have been tried, we have used data acquisition tools and special heat cameras for the view of heat propagation by examining different points of the brake caliper and brake pad. We spent over 500 hours on the circuit and 20,000 km of road test.

In total, the product has been tested on six different motorcycles and under different conditions of use.

So we have come to these configurations that in our opinion guarantee the exact compromise between efficiency, weight, cost and ease of installation.

DUCATI:

STREETFIGHTER V2
DIAVEL 1260 2020-2022
HYPERMOTARD 821 2013-2016
HYPERMOTARD 939 936 2016-2018
HYPERMOTARD 939 SP 936 2016-2018
HYPERMOTARD 950 2019-2022
HYPERMOTARD 950 RVE 2021-2022
HYPERMOTARD 950 SP 2019-2022
HYPERMOTARD HYPERSTRADA 821 2013-2015
HYPERMOTARD HYPERSTRADA 939 936 2016-2017
HYPERMOTARD LOW SEAT 821 2015-2015
HYPERMOTARD SP 821 2013-2015
MONSTER 1200 1200 2014-2021
MONSTER 659 AUSTRALIA 2018-2021
MONSTER 797 803 2017-2021
MONSTER 797 PLUS 2017-2019
MONSTER 821 800 2015-2021
MONSTER 821 DARK 2015-2021
MONSTER 821 STEALTH 821 2019-2021
MONSTER 821 STRIPES 821 2015-2017
MONSTER 937 2021-2022
MONSTER PLUS 2021-2022
MULTISTRADA 1200 ABS 1200 2015-2018
MULTISTRADA 1200 ABS SPORT PACK 1200 2017-2018
MULTISTRADA 1200 ENDURO 1200 2016-2019
MULTISTRADA 1200 ENDURO PRO 1200 2018-2018
MULTISTRADA 1200 ENDURO TOURING 1200 2015-2019
MULTISTRADA 1260 ABS 1262 2018-2020
MULTISTRADA 1260 ENDURO 2019-2021
MULTISTRADA 1260 ENDURO TOURING 2019-2021
MULTISTRADA 1260 TOURING 2018-2020
MULTISTRADA 950 2017-2021
MULTISTRADA 950 S 2019-2021
MULTISTRADA 950 S TOURING 2019-2021
MULTISTRADA 950 TOURING 2017-2018
MULTISTRADA V4 2021-2022
MULTISTRADA V2 / V2S
SCRAMBLER 1100 1079 2018-2019
SCRAMBLER 1100 DARK PRO 1079 2020-2022
SCRAMBLER 1100 PRO 2020-2022
SCRAMBLER 1100 SPECIAL 1079 2018-2020
SCRAMBLER 1100 SPORT 1079 2018-2020
SCRAMBLER 1100 SPORT PRO 1079 2020-2022
SUPERBIKE 899 PANIGALE ABS 2014-2015
SUPERBIKE 959 CORSE LIVERY 955 2018-2019
SUPERBIKE 959 PANIGALE ABS 955 2016-2019
SUPERBIKE 959 PANIGALE CORSE 955 2018-2019
SUPERBIKE PANIGALE V2 955 2020-2022
SUPERSPORT 936 2017-2020
SUPERSPORT 950 937 2021-2022
SUPERSPORT 950 S 937 2021-2022
SUPERSPORT S 936 2017-2020
XDIAVEL 1200 2016-2021
XDIAVEL 1262 2016-2021
XDIAVEL DARK 1262 2021-2022
XDIAVEL SPORT PACK B 1262 2017-2021