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title: "Locomotives - Brakes - Friction"
canonical: "/locomotives-brakes-friction"
published: 2026-10-12
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# Locomotives - Brakes - Friction

## Frame

## Frame

**Rail**

**Locomotives**

**Brakes**

**Air supply**

**Brake control**

**Bogie brake**

**Sanding**

**Friction**

## Frame

### Red friction

###### FRICTION

##### Red friction

**Images**

**Videos**

##### TreadGuard Brake Shoes

The TreadGuard family of brake shoes extends wheel life by:

- Continuous cleaning of the wheel tread
- Removing and controlling minor tread defects, such as shelling, spalling and thermal checks, before they become condemnable. Protects Rail Infrastructure:
- Reduces high wheel-to-rail impact forces that can lead to rail damageStarts Working from First Brake Application:
- DayOnet™ insert design provides immediate tread conditioning

**Customer benefits**

### Blue Friction

###### FRICTION

##### Blue Friction

**Datasheet**

**Images**

##### Protecting the Aquatic Life

Recipes without substances that are considered harmful for aquatic life like:

- Copper / Copper alloys
- Zinc / Zinc alloys
- Recipes without carcinogenic substances like antimony trisulfide (Sb2O3)
- Free of critical curing and processing aids
- Free of fluorides or halogenides
- Free of lead, asbestos, chrome, crystalline silica

**Customer benefits**

### Sintered Blocks and Pads

###### FRICTION

##### Sintered Pads

**Images**

##### Sintered Friction Material

The family of sintered friction material includes pads & blocks and is available in different shapes depending on the application

**Customer benefits**

### Organic Blocks and Pads

###### FRICTION

##### Organic Pads

**Images**

##### Organic friction material

The family of organic friction material is including pads and blocks

**Customer benefits**

**Sintered blocks**

**Red friction**

**Blue friction**

**Organic pads**

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