A friction material comprising: (a) at least one lubricant, wherein the at least one lubricant includes an amount of graphite, and wherein at least about 30 percent by weight of the graphite has a particle size of greater than about 500 microns using a sieve analysis; (b) at least one metal containing constituent for imparting reinforcement, thermal conductivity, and/or friction when the friction material is brought into contact with a movable member, wherein the at least one metal containing constituent includes iron and an iron containing compound; (c) a micro-particulated material; (d) one or more filler materials; (e) optionally at least one processing aid; (f) a balance being an organic binder, wherein the organic binder has less than 1 percent by weight of free phenol; wherein the friction material is free of asbestos and substantially devoid of copper.

The invention relates to a brake disk (3), which has at least one thermal conduction layer (4, 6) with a thermal conductivity and specific thermal resistivity that can be graduated, the thermal conduction layer consisting of at least two different materials or of a varying layer thickness, thereby graduating the thermal conductivity or the thermal resistivity within the thermal conduction layer.

A method that includes winding a composite fabric around a mandrel to form a plurality of layers defining an annulus extending along a central longitudinal axis, where the composite fabric includes a plurality of elongate axial fibers extending substantially in an axial direction relative to the longitudinal axis and a plurality of elongate circumferential fibers extending substantially in a circumferential direction relative to the longitudinal axis; and introducing, into at least a portion of the plurality of layers, a plurality of radial fibers extending substantially in the radial direction relative to the longitudinal axis, where the plurality of radial fibers mechanically bind one or more adjacent layers of the plurality of layers.

A method of pitch infiltration of a densified preform may comprise disposing a pitch on a densified preform surface; heating the pitch and making the pitch into an anisotropic network structure; guiding the pitch through the densified preform in a predetermined direction; aligning the pitch in a predetermined orientation; and stabilizing the pitch. The method may result in a carbon/carbon part having increase wear life, enhanced oxidation protection, and/or reduced moisture sensitivity.

A friction disk may comprise a first wear surface formed from a carbon fiber-carbon matrix composite material. A wear plug may be located in an opening defined by the carbon fiber-carbon matrix composite material. The wear plug may extend axially from the wear surface. The wear plug may comprise a rod or a particulate.

A method of forming a composite component is provided. The method includes locating a fibrous preform, providing a slurry, mixing the slurry with sacrificial fibers, injecting the slurry into the fibrous preform, heating the fibrous preform, forming channels in the fibrous preform, and densifying the fibrous preform. The sacrificial fibers are suspended in the fibrous preform along an injection pathway such that heating the sacrificial fibers forms the channels along the injection pathway as the sacrificial fibers are burned away.

The invention relates to a method for improving braking performance of a microporous friction material under wet conditions. A hydrophobic agent is added into the components for preparing microporous friction material. The microporous friction material is prepared from the following raw materials in percentage by weight: 10%-20% of nano-silica modified phenolic resin, 4%-14% of butadiene-styrene rubber, 5%-15% of glass fiber, 2%-11% of aramid pulp, 4%-15% of aluminum borate whisker, 4%-10% of hydrophobic agent and 3%-8% of calcium silicate, 1%-8% of artificial graphite, 2%-8% of coke, 2%-7% of mica, 5%-10% of cryolite and 4%-10% of diatomite.

A method for producing a wet-running friction paper includes providing a fiber portion with a fiber, providing a filler portion with a filler, providing a binder portion with a phenol-resin-based binder, dissolving the binder portion to form a phenolate, and processing the fiber portion, the filler portion and the phenolate in a paper production process to form the wet-running friction paper.

The invention relates to an environment-friendly friction material, which consists of the following components in parts by weight: 8-15 parts of a binding material, 3-8 parts of an organic fiber, 3-8 parts of an inorganic fiber, 3-8 parts of an anti-friction material, 15-25 parts of granite powder, 35-40 parts of marble powder, 6-10 parts of a modified organic filling material, 5-10 parts of an acidity or alkalinity regulating material, and 0.5-4.5 parts of a non-copper metal material, wherein the modified organic filling material consists of the following components in parts by weight: 25-50 parts of tyre powder, 15-25 parts of a shoe sole waste, 10-15 parts of a sepiolite fiber, 2-3 parts of a silane coupling agent, 2-5 parts of a cashew nut shell liquid, and 0.5-2 parts of an activator, with the shoe sole waste including 15-30% of POE and 5-15% of EPDM. The invention is reasonable in compatibility, and has excellent properties such as reduced noise, heat resistance and little damage to mating plates while ensuring a moderate and stable friction coefficient, thereby changing waste materials into objects of value and achieving energy conservation and environmental protection effects.

Asbestos-free organic friction material, in particular for producing brake pads and shoes for vehicles made up of a composition or mixture having a fibrous base, a filler, and an organic binder. The composition is completely free of copper and copper compounds or alloys and includes in the fibrous base, together with inorganic and/or organic fibers, from 1% to 10% by volume, calculated relative to the total volume of the composition, of stainless steel fibers.