Provided are a wet friction plate and a wet multiplate clutch device including the wet friction plates capable of improving the performance for discharging lubricant oil adhering to surfaces of friction members. A wet friction plate 200 includes oil grooves 203 and friction members 210 on a flat plate annular core metal 201. At a surface of a porous layer 211 of the friction member 210, a friction slide surface 213 and lubricant oil recessed portions 214 are formed. The lubricant oil recessed portion 214 has no sharp portion in a pointed shape, such as a corner portion, and is formed with a smooth continuous surface. The multiple lubricant oil recessed portions 214 depressed in a recessed shape with respect to the friction slide surface 213 are formed. In the porous layer 211, hollow portions 212 are formed to have the same formation rate between a portion forming the friction slide surface 213 and a portion forming the lubricant oil recessed portion 214.

Provided are a wet friction plate and a wet multiplate clutch device including the wet friction plates capable of improving the performance for discharging lubricant oil adhering to surfaces of friction members. A wet friction plate 200 includes oil grooves 203 and friction members 210 on a flat plate annular core metal 201. At a surface of a porous layer 211 of the friction member 210, a friction slide surface 213 and lubricant oil recessed portions 214 are formed. The lubricant oil recessed portion 214 has no sharp portion in a pointed shape, such as a corner portion, and is formed with a smooth continuous surface. The multiple lubricant oil recessed portions 214 depressed in a recessed shape with respect to the friction slide surface 213 are formed. In the porous layer 211, hollow portions 212 are formed to have the same formation rate between a portion forming the friction slide surface 213 and a portion forming the lubricant oil recessed portion 214.

In some implementations of the current subject matter, a brake rotor can include a supporting layer applied to a friction surface of a brake rotor substrate, which can optionally include cast iron, and a coating applied over the supporting layer. The supporting layer can include a preparatory metal, and the coating can impart wear and corrosion resistant properties to the friction surface. Related systems, methods, articles of manufacture, and the like are disclosed.

A friction part includes a friction surface with a first row of first friction lining pieces arranged radially inwardly, a second row of second friction lining pieces arranged between the first friction lining pieces and a third row of third friction lining pieces, and the third row of third friction lining pieces arranged radially outwardly. Stem grooves are formed between adjacent pairs of the first friction lining pieces. Radially inner branch grooves emerge from the stem grooves and are delimited by the adjacent pairs of the first friction lining pieces and by the second friction lining pieces. Radially outer branch grooves are delimited by the second friction lining pieces and the third friction lining pieces. The radially inner branch grooves and the radially outer branch grooves are connected to each other by offset grooves with a tangential offset between the radially inner branch grooves and the radially outer branch grooves.

A friction part includes a friction surface with a first row of first friction lining pieces arranged radially inwardly, a second row of second friction lining pieces arranged between the first friction lining pieces and a third row of third friction lining pieces, and the third row of third friction lining pieces arranged radially outwardly. Stem grooves are formed between adjacent pairs of the first friction lining pieces. Radially inner branch grooves emerge from the stem grooves and are delimited by the adjacent pairs of the first friction lining pieces and by the second friction lining pieces. Radially outer branch grooves are delimited by the second friction lining pieces and the third friction lining pieces. The radially inner branch grooves and the radially outer branch grooves are connected to each other by offset grooves with a tangential offset between the radially inner branch grooves and the radially outer branch grooves.

Fiber for tribological applications, with the exception of mineral fibers, comprising at least one solid lubricant, with the exception of graphite, or boated with at least one solid lubricant, with the exception of graphite.

Fiber for tribological applications, with the exception of mineral fibers, comprising at least one solid lubricant, with the exception of graphite, or boated with at least one solid lubricant, with the exception of graphite.

A friction disk of a braking system may include a friction disk core and a first wear liner. The friction disk core has an outer surface that defines a recess extending gradually inward from the outer surface, according to various embodiments. The wear liner mates to the outer surface of the friction disk core and includes a wear surface and a first non-wear surface, according to various embodiments. The first wear liner further includes a notch extending gradually outward from the first non-wear surface of the wear liner, according to various embodiments. In an installed state, the notch is received within the recess, according to various embodiments.

A friction disk of a braking system may include a friction disk core and a first wear liner. The friction disk core has an outer surface that defines a recess extending gradually inward from the outer surface, according to various embodiments. The wear liner mates to the outer surface of the friction disk core and includes a wear surface and a first non-wear surface, according to various embodiments. The first wear liner further includes a notch extending gradually outward from the first non-wear surface of the wear liner, according to various embodiments. In an installed state, the notch is received within the recess, according to various embodiments.

In a manufacturing method for a sliding member, a nitrogen diffusion layer, a nitrogen compound layer, and an oxidation layer are formed by executing a first step of cooling a workpiece formed of a steel material after heating the workpiece in an atmosphere containing ammonia at 570 to 660 C., a second step of performing, subsequently to the first step, tempering while pressurizing a front surface side of the workpiece, and a third step of performing, subsequently to the second step, steam treatment of heating the workpiece in a steam atmosphere.