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 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.

A friction material which comprises a fibrous base, a binder, a lubricating material, an organic filler, and an inorganic filler, the friction material having a copper element content of 0.5 wt % or less with respect to the whole friction material, wherein the lubricating material comprises graphite having an average particle diameter of 10.0 m or smaller and the inorganic filler includes barium sulfate, which comprises small-diameter barium sulfate having an average particle diameter of 1.5 m or smaller and a purity of 95.0% or higher.

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.

A friction material for dry brakes containing, as raw friction materials, a fiber substrate, a binder, an organic filler, and an inorganic filler, wherein porous silica including a plurality of pores with a central pore diameter of 1.0 nm or greater and 50.0 nm or smaller that absorbs liquid matter generated by thermal decomposition of an organic matter in the friction material at the time of brake braking is contained as the inorganic filler.

[Object] The present invention provides a friction material used for a disc brake pad, which is manufactured by forming a non-asbestos-organic (NAO) friction material composition that does not contain a copper component, which provides an excellent wear resistance and a highly stable braking effectiveness even after being subjected to a history of high temperatures and high loads. [Means to Resolve] The friction material composition for the friction material molding containing, as an inorganic friction modifier, 10-40 weight % of a monoclinic zirconium oxide with an average particle diameter of 1-8 m relative to the total amount of the friction material composition, 1.5 weight % or more of a resilient graphitic carbon as a carbon type lubricant relative to the total amount of the friction material composition, and a calcined coke also as a carbon type lubricant, where total amount of the resilient graphitic carbon and the calcined coke is 2-8 weight % relative to the total amount of the friction material composition and a weight ratio of the resilient graphitic carbon and the calcined coke is 4:6-8:2. It is preferable that the friction material composition contains 2-6 weight % of the layered mineral particle as the inorganic friction modifier relative to the total amount of the friction material composition and that the layered mineral particle is mica.

A non-asbestos frictional material composition is provided, which is capable of provide a frictional material with low environmental load and with excellent friction coefficient, anti-crack properties, and abrasion resistance compared with conventional ones. Furthermore, a frictional material and a friction member formed by using this non-asbestos frictional material composition are provided. The non-asbestos frictional material composition containing a binder, an organic filler, an inorganic filler, and a fiber base material, includes: copper in a content of 5 mass % or less as a copper element; a metal fiber other than a copper fiber and a copper alloy fiber in a content of 0.5 mass % or less; cashew dust in a content of 1.5-4.5 mass % as the organic filler; zirconium oxide with a particle size of 30 m or less in a content of 30-45 mass % but not containing zirconium oxide with a particle size of more than 30 m as the inorganic filler.

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.

A friction material includes a bio-soluble inorganic fiber and a metal sulfide. A content of the bio-soluble inorganic fiber based on the friction material is 7% by volume or more. The friction material includes no copper component and no metal fiber. The friction material may further include zinc.

A friction material is discloses for a braking pad comprising a binder comprising a mixture of a phenolic resin or a phenol formaldehyde resin and of a thermoplastic. The total amount of said phenolic resin or phenol formaldehyde resin and of said thermoplastic is between 2 and 60% in volume of said friction material. The ratio in volume between phenolic resin or phenol formaldehyde resin and the thermoplastic is from 20 to 80% in volume. Preferably the thermoplastic has a melting temperature between 120 and 350 C. and comprises a polyamide or a thermoplastic polymer with NH bond, either in the backbone or in the pendant group. More preferably the thermoplastic material is chosen in the group constituted by PA4, PA6, PA1, PA11, PA12, PA410, PA610, PA66, PA612.