Method and plant for manufacturing braking elements such as vehicle brake pads. The plant can comprise a first station that applies an adhesive to a first face of a metallic element; a second station that applies to the first face of the metallic element a block of friction material; a checking station that verifies the presence of the adhesive by detecting the gray level of a plurality of points of at least one zone of the first face; and a processing unit that compares the gray level detected for each point with a first threshold value, counts the number of points that have a gray level that satisfies a relationship (which is a function of the threshold value,) and compares such a value with a second threshold value to discard those metallic elements for which the percentage calculated does not correspond to the second threshold value.

Method and plant for manufacturing braking elements such as vehicle brake pads. The plant can comprise a first station that applies an adhesive to a first face of a metallic element; a second station that applies to the first face of the metallic element a block of friction material; a checking station that verifies the presence of the adhesive by detecting the gray level of a plurality of points of at least one zone of the first face; and a processing unit that compares the gray level detected for each point with a first threshold value, counts the number of points that have a gray level that satisfies a relationship (which is a function of the threshold value,) and compares such a value with a second threshold value to discard those metallic elements for which the percentage calculated does not correspond to the second threshold value.

This brake lining includes: a plurality of friction members which are arranged to be spaced from each other, each of the friction members having a front surface that is to face a sliding surface of a brake disk; a back board fastened to a back surface of each of the friction members; a base plate that supports each of the friction members at a region including a center portion of each friction member; and an elastic member disposed between the base plate and the back board, on a back surface side of each friction member. Two friction members that are adjacent to each other are taken as a pair, and the back board is fastened to each of the pairs of friction members. In each pair of friction members, the two friction members are arranged along the circumferential direction of the brake disk.

This brake lining includes: a plurality of friction members which are arranged to be spaced from each other, each of the friction members having a front surface that is to face a sliding surface of a brake disk; a back board fastened to a back surface of each of the friction members; a base plate that supports each of the friction members at a region including a center portion of each friction member; and an elastic member disposed between the base plate and the back board, on a back surface side of each friction member. Two friction members that are adjacent to each other are taken as a pair, and the back board is fastened to each of the pairs of friction members. In each pair of friction members, the two friction members are arranged along the circumferential direction of the brake disk.

A braking system for a vehicle includes a brake rigging and a service and/or parking brake designed to act on at least one braking member of the vehicle via the brake rigging. The braking system has at least one device with at least one lining support and at least one lining that is mechanically attached to the at least one lining support. The device comprises at least two bearing zones in contact with the at least one braking member, and at least one recessed zone located between the two bearing zones.

A friction device has a carrier element and friction lining segments arranged thereon, wherein the friction lining segments each include one sintered friction lining arranged on a friction lining carrier, the friction lining carrier being connected to the carrier element by fastening elements, and several fastening elements being arranged per friction lining segment, wherein one fastening element is located on a first circular path having a first diameter, and one fastening element is located on a second circular path having a second diameter, and wherein the ratio of the first diameter of the first circular path to the second diameter of the second circular path is selected from a range from 1.2 to 1.5.

A friction assembly has a support plate, at least one brake pad and at least one reinforcing foil of the plate. The brake pad and the support plate are co-moulded from at least one heat-resistant resin. The reinforcing foil is fixed to the support plate via anchoring projections, joined to and which extend away from the foil, embedded in the resin to prevent or limit deformations of the support plate in the use of the assembly.

A friction assembly has a support plate, at least one brake pad and at least one reinforcing foil of the plate. The brake pad and the support plate are co-moulded from at least one heat-resistant resin. The reinforcing foil is fixed to the support plate via anchoring projections, joined to and which extend away from the foil, embedded in the resin to prevent or limit deformations of the support plate in the use of the assembly.

A process for assembling vehicle brake shoes, includes providing a painted vehicle brake shoe with a table constructed and arranged for receiving a brake friction liner; applying a layer of self-adhesive material to the brake shoe table; subjecting the brake shoe and layer of material to heat sufficient in intensity and duration to thermally bond the self-adhesive material to the brake shoe table; removing a release layer from an external surface of the layer of self-adhesive material; applying a brake lining to the combined brake shoe and self-adhesive material; and fastening the brake lining to the brake shoe.

A friction material composition containing a binder, an organic filler, an inorganic filler and a fibrous base material, wherein the friction material composition either contains no copper as an element or has a content of copper as an element that does not exceed 0.5% by mass, contains α-alumina and γ-alumina in a mass ratio within a range from 1:20 to 1:5, contains a silicone-containing phenol resin, contains 20 to 35% by mass of a titanate salt, contains 3 to 7% by mass of a graphite having a median diameter of 1 to 30 μm, and contains antimony trisulfide.