Sintered materials

TGV brakes, high-speed locomotives and freight trains are made in sintered metal because of the heavy mass high speeds involved (a TGV at 320 km/h has to stop within a distance of 3000 meters).

Carbone Lorraine is also present on the aeronautic field with brakes for Airbus A300, A310, Mirage F1, Tigers and Sikorsky helicopters. Sintered Metal materials is also used in the braking systems of military vehicles such as the AMX30 and AMX 10 tanks.

More recently, Carbone Lorraine has developed a complete range of Brake pads for racing cars (rally, Nascar). These products are already used by some official teams in World Rally championship.