Automotive braking developments to be explained

Chassis Engineering Manager Jonathan Layfield from Bentley Motors will deliver the ninth Peter Newcomb Memorial Lecture at the University of Bradford on Wednesday 6th September 2006.

Automotive engineers and car enthusiasts will be converging on the University of Bradford when it holds a lecture on the "Braking of road vehicles" given by a top engineer from revered car-maker Bentley.

Chassis Engineering Manager Jonathan Layfield from Bentley Motors will deliver the ninth Peter Newcomb Memorial Lecture at the University of Bradford on Wednesday 6th September 2006.

The lecture is free to attend and will take place in the University's John Stanley Bell lecture theatre, starting at 1800 BST.

This year's lecture marks the 40th anniversary of the "Braking of road vehicles" short course, which started at Loughborough University in 1966 and moved to Bradford's Automotive Engineering Centre of Excellence in 1997.

Professor Andrew Day, Course Chairman and Dean of the School of Engineering, Design and Technology at the University of Bradford, said: "We shall be tracing braking developments in one of the finest motoring marques in the world".

"There will also be a chance for enthusiasts to make a closer examination of Bentley's fine automotive pedigree as we will have two Bentley cars on show to illustrate the developments traced in the lecture".

Bentley is celebrating 60 years of production at Crewe this year, and the Continental GT limited edition Diamond Series model being built to commemorate this will be fitted with carbon ceramic brake discs - a first for the company and a real technological advance in the braking of road vehicles.

The ninth Peter Newcomb Memorial Lecture is part of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Automobile Division Regional Programme.

Professor Peter Newcomb was a world authority on brakes and braking systems, and the Memorial Lecture at Bradford aims to communicate recent developments in braking research.

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