Introduction
Clutch lining industry is a key aspect in the automobile industry of Turkey. This post mainly introduces the definition of clutch lining, shares the application it used for, list 6 tips when make procurement, and analyze the top 10 suppliers in Turkey.
What Is Clutch Lining?
Clutch lining, another name is clutch facing, is a friction plate installed on the clutch driven disc. It is made from friction materials such as glass fiber, composite yarn, ceramic with resin and copper. It connects to the flywheel when the vehicle or machinery is working. It is a key component in automobiles and industry to control running and stop the engine power.
How Does The Clutch Lining work?
The clutch lining works, usually as a part of clutch system. It is installed on the clutch driven disc. The clutch system is between the engine and transmission system. It is really perfect design that solving the problem to shift gears or pause the vehicles or machines without stopping the engine. When the driver press the clutch pedal, the clutch driven disc will separate from the flywheel, no power will be transferred to the transmission system, then you can shift the gear or pause the car.
Why we regard the clutch lining as the essencial component of the clutch system?
- The clutch lining prevent the connecting of metal to metal, which reduce the abrasion and tear of flywheel and clutch system.
- It also removes the most vibrations from engine to clutch, which make sure the car’s stable and decrease the shake when the car is running.
- It reduces the maintenance charge. As a spare part, we can replace the clutch lining only when it is destroyed, not repalce the whole clutch system.
6 Tips When Procuring Clutch Lining
When you want to purchase the clutch lining, there are 6 tips for your reference:
1.Make a procurement plan. Before you start to purchase the clutch lining, it is essential to make a procurement plan, which includes suppliers selection, quality control to trade ways and payment term.
2.Suppliers selection. This is the very important step in the procurement process. You should decide to purchase from local or import from other countries. It depends on your current situation of stock and sales strategy.
3.Work with factory or trade company. This is a question that you import from the factory directly or by the trade company. If the quantity is big enough, it is better to buy from the factory directly. In the contrary, if your order quantity is little and variety, buy from trade company is good choice.
4.Choose the trade way. The regular trade way includes EXW, FOB, CIF. EXW means Ex works, the seller provides the goods at works.The transportation and other charges will be buyer’s responsiability. FOB means Free on board, the seller loads the cargos on the vessel’s board, then his liability is fulfilled. The rest things will be handled by the buyer. CIF means cost, insurance and freight. The seller will pay the insurance and freight. But his responsibility for the goods is ended until it is loaded on the board. Choose which trade way can be comunicated by both sides.
5.Inspect the quality. Now we talk about the most important sector, how to inspect the quality. If you are not familiar with the goods, you can ask the third-party organization to check the quality according to your requirement. If you want to check the supplier’s strength, you can visit them to inspect the quality by yourself. And please note that you should keep the sample well and compare the sample with the mass production carefully.
6.Payment term. Anyone can’t ignore the payment term, as it is the most important part for both buyer and seller, especially for the first order. In this case, the buyer usually place trial order with the supplier in small quantity and amount. The regular payment term is 30% T/T in advance, the rest payment against copy of original Bill of Lading. By the way, the payment terms can be discussed by both sides.
Top 10 Clutch Lining Factories And Suppliers In Turkey
Kukauto Industry
Busiess type:Manufacturer, wholesale supplier
Location:Shandong,China
Year established:2010
No. of Employees:160
Main products: clutch linings, clutch facings,clutch disc, clutch cover, clutch kits
Other products:non-asbestos clutch facings, synthetic fiber clutch facings
Kukauto industry is a professional manufacturer in clutch linings, clutch facings and other friction materials. The products are recognized by some famous heavy-duty truck suppliers and being their geniue parts supplier. With company’s research and design, Kukauto is the leading clutch linings supplier in Turkey and other region of the world.
Beser Balatacilik A.S.
Busiess type:Manufacturer
Location: Ankara Cad. No:309 Bornova / İZMİR
Year of established:1969
No. of employees:700
Main products:brakes, disc brake linings, drum brake linings
Other products:clutch facings, brake pads, roll linings, brake shoes
The Beser Balatacilik A.S. is a group of compaines which produces and exports brake linings and clutch facings. The company has three subsidiaries in the group. Clutch facings are produced in Beser Balata workshop.
Trakpar Company
Busiess type:Manufacturer
Location: No.13 Tekeli/Menseres - İZMİR
Year of established:1986
No. of employees:220
Main products:tractor clutch, PTO discs
Other products:brake system
Trakpar company is a well-known supplier in tractor replacement parts, such as clutch disc, brake band and friction disc in Turkey. They produce the OEM spare parts to many brand tractor factoties in the world. If you are interested in buying tractor clutch spare parts, you can contact with them.
Hars Tractor A.S
Busiess type:Manufacturer
Location: No.8 Aksehir/Konya
Year of established:1983
No. of employees:200
Main products:clutch parts, exhaust, bearing, jointol
Other products:flywheel, steering wheel, driveline, gearbox body
From a small shop, Hars become a morden company which produces tractor clutch parts and other spare parts. With its advanced management standard, it serves many world-class tractor companies over the world.
Aydınonat Friction Products
Busiess type:Manufacturer
Location: No.8 Aksehir/Konya
Year of established:1976
No. of employees:20
Main products: brake, transmission,clutch disc and plate
Other products:friction disc
Aydinonat is a wholesaler and importer of friction discs and plate, clutch spare parts, brakes. It provide large range products of brake system, transmission system and clutch system for heavy machinery and construction machines. They have professional teams to help you find the most matchable spare parts.
Yüksel Lining-Manufacture Ind. and Trade Inc
Busiess type:Manufacturer, wholesaler
Location: No.27/1-42250 Selcuklu/Konya
Year of established:1989
No. of employees:60
Main products: friction material, clutch facing
This company emphasize the high-quality friction material and produces over than 1000 friction materials. In order to high-quality products, they established test center on 2005.
Balatacilar Balatacilik A.S
Busiess type:Manufacturer
Location: No.38, Daire 708, Konak-İZMİR
Year of established:1988
No. of employees:130
Main products: brake blocks, brake linings, brake pads
Other products: fiber based clutch facings, industrial friction materials
Balatacilar starts to produce friction material since 1988. They have built many brand, such as Erka, Besyildiz, Safetex and Fivestar. Its products is not only selled at domestic market, but also export to North African and Middle East.
Tradisk Ltd Sti
Busiess type:Manufacturer
Busiess type:Manufacturer
Location: No:42 34555 Arnavutkoy-Istanbul
Year of established:2002
No. of employees:20
Main products: clutch disc, clutch facing
Tradisk, from its name we can find that the main products are clutch disc for tractor. This company is focusing on the clutch disc and clutch facing. They provide good service support to customers during sales and after sales.
Standart Fren
Busiess type:Manufacturer, wholesaler
Location: A24 10-C Z07 Esenler-Istanbul
Year of established:2003
No. of employees:50
Main products: brake linings, brake pads
Other products: roll linings, clutch facings
Standart Fren is a distributor and exporter of ERKA friction material. And now it not only sell the ERKA brand,aslo offering world famous brand friction materials.
Weger Automotive
Location: No.:8/1 Corlu-Tekirdag
Year of established:1956
No. of employees:200
Main products: flywheel, brake disc
Other products: brake lining
Weger automotive has 60 years of experience in making the automotive spare parts. The brand Weger is fanous in Turkey. They have production facilities in Corlu.
Conclusion
From this article, you can study the knowledge of clutch lining well and get many industry information of Turkey. What is more, it will help you to choose the right supplier. For the technical support and product specification, you can contact the first supplier-Kukauto Industry. They provide the integrated support in products consultant and good aftersale service.
