Juratek believe in continuous improvement in all aspects of our ...

Juratek believe in continuous improvement in
all aspects of our busines. In January 2008 we launched
Juratek OEC1 which has been shown to offer excellent pad and disc life
under normal conditions of operation. Then, in September 2008, we launched
our premium heavy duty pad, Juratek OEC2, which has been an instant success with our
customers and on the race track, first with Team Oliver in the UK - Stuart Oliver won his 8th British Truck Racing Championship
at the end of 2008 racing on OEC2 - and then this year in the European Truck Racing Championship both with Team Oliver and also
with Team Frankie.
Juratek has developed OEC1/1 as the natural progression from OEC1. OEC1/1 offers improved performance and fade resistance relative
to OEC1 and as our new standard duty pad will run alongside our heavy duty pad OEC2 in the Juratek friction programme. To
illustrate the characteristics of both OEC1/1 and OEC2 we decided to conduct tests to compare our products with some of the premier
OE grades fitted by BPW, DAF & Mercedes and currently on offer from Federal Mogul, TMD & Honeywell Jurid; specifically Ferodo 4550,
Beral 4550, Textar 3030, Textar 7400 & Jurid 539. The range of values obtained from these OE products are illustrated collectively as
the “OE Product Envelope”
Pad life with OEC2 is exceptional,
across the whole spectrum
of the test bettering the
best of the OE grades at most
temperatures
This pad we recommend for
PSV and heavy duty applications.
OEC1/1 also demonstrates a
good pad life over the range of
temperatures only falling outside
the OE envelope at the
lowest and very highest levels
of temperature.
This pad we recommend for
all standard applications.
Both OEC1/1 & OEC2
provide for very good brake
disc life, well within the OE
envelope, with major
improved disc life evident at
the higher temperatures,
which translates to a much
longer disc life for those
working in a heavy duty
environment.

These tests were conducted on our behalf by Brake Testing International (BTI) - a completely
independent Government accredited (VCA, RDW etc) testing authority using a
Knorr Bremse SB7000 brake calliper and discs at 10 tonne axle loads. The range of values
obtained from the OE products we tested are illustrated collectively as the "OE
Product Envelope"
The stopping power of all
grades was compared at 40,
60, 80, 100 & 120kph to
check both the absolute level
of stopping power at these
speeds and the variation that
occurs with increasing
speed.
As can be seen from our
chart OEC1/1 fits within the
envelope of performance
provided by the principal OE
products at all speeds.
OEC2 fits in the middle of
the OE performance envelope
with exceptional stability
over the speed range, a factor
detected by Stuart Oliver in
his races.
This gives him exceptional predictability in the
selection of his braking points and braking efforts
and allows him to “stand the truck on its nose” no
matter at what speed he is braking from!
The fade test selected for
our comparison is the ECE
R13 test used to Type
approve new OE vehicle
braking systems.
The fade behaviour of
OEC1/1 & OEC2 are similar
to each other on this test
with only relatively small
changes in brake pressure
being required to maintain
the required deceleration
throughout the 20 stop test.
For the majority of the test
Juratek products fit within
the overall envelope of fade
performance displayed by
the range of principal OE
products tested.