A clutch assembly for a motor vehicle drivetrain includes a rigid support and a wet friction material fixed to a surface of the rigid support. The wet friction material includes a base material including a matrix of fibers and filler particles embedded in the matrix of fibers; and a binder embedded in the base material. The base material includes, by weight percent, 30-55% cellulose fibers and 10-50% calcined kaolin clay. The base material also includes at least one of 1-20% graphite having a mean particle size of 35 to 85 microns, 20-40% diatomaceous earth in combination with the binder being tung modified phenolic resin, 5-20% chopped aramid fibers, or 5-20% of novoloid fibers.

Systems, devices, and methods are provided for manufacturing a carbon ceramic brake disc. Generally, a plurality of uncured or partially-cured bulk molding compound preforms or molding compound layers and ventilation cores are placed in a mold cavity and warm-pressed at a first temperature. The ventilation cores are removed from the resulting cured green body. The cured green body is then removed from the mold, and treated through a polymer infiltration and pyrolysis or reactive melt infiltration process. Certain steps can be repeated until a desired target density or weight is attained.

Systems, devices, and methods are provided for manufacturing a carbon ceramic brake disc. Generally, a plurality of uncured or partially-cured bulk molding compound preforms or molding compound layers and ventilation cores are placed in a mold cavity and warm-pressed at a first temperature. The ventilation cores are removed from the resulting cured green body. The cured green body is then removed from the mold, and treated through a polymer infiltration and pyrolysis or reactive melt infiltration process. Certain steps can be repeated until a desired target density or weight is attained.

A braking band having an annular band body arranged around a rotation axis and made of one of gray cast iron, steel, aluminum or alloys thereof, has at least one braking surface having an activated band body portion for increasing adhesive capacity of at least one protective surface coating placed on the surface of the activated band body portion and having at least one material with elevated resistance to abrasion. The activated band body portion is arranged on the surface of the annular band body to form an outermost layer of the braking band with the at least one protective surface coating and has a rough profile having at least one channel delimited by at least one pair of projections, extending along a path at least partially surrounding the rotation axis and having a channel bottom and a first channel side forming an acute angle with the channel bottom and an opposite second channel side forming an obtuse angle with the channel bottom.

A wet friction material includes a base including a matrix of fibers and filler particles embedded in the matrix of fibers; a binder embedded in an interior of the base; and a quaternary ammonium salt containing coating on an outer surface of the base. The quaternary ammonium salt containing coating can include a quaternary ammonium salt and a solution binder.

A brake element for a transportation vehicle, having a base body that is planar at least in some regions, to the planar sides of which at least two build-up layers are applied in each case at least in some regions. The build-up layers form a surface which, in the mounted state of the brake element on the transportation vehicle, serves as a friction surface for a brake pad. There is a bonding zone in which both a material of the base body and a material of a build-up layer adjacent to the base body are present, wherein the bonding zone has a thickness perpendicular to an areal extent of a planar side that is less than 10 μm.

To provide a friction pair capable of inhibiting to form a lump of a metal on a friction surface of a disc rotor, where the friction pair is consisting of a disc brake pad having a friction material manufactured from a friction material composition containing a binder, a fiber base material, and a friction modifier, but not containing a copper component and a ferrous-based metal fiber, and a stainless steel disc rotor. To use a friction material composition containing 1-6 weight % of a trimanganese tetraoxide as a friction modifier relative to an entire amount of the friction material composition but not containing any metal fiber.

The present invention provides a friction material and a brake pad having excellent wear resistance while exhibiting a high friction coefficient under high-temperature and high-speed conditions. A friction material containing: 40 mass % or more and 80 mass % or less of a matrix containing at least one kind selected from the group consisting of Ni and Fe; 10 mass % or more and 30 mass % or less of inorganic particles containing zircon particles, titania particles, and mullite particles; and 10 mass % or more and 30 mass % or less of a lubricant containing at least one kind selected from the group consisting of graphite, molybdenum disulfide, boron nitride and calcium fluoride, wherein a content of the zircon particles is 30 vol % or more and 36 vol % or less, a content of the titania particles is 30 vol % or more and 36 vol % or less, and a content of the mullite particles is 30 vol % or more and 36 vol % or less with respect to a total content of 100 vol % of the zircon particles, the titania particles, and the mullite particles.

An oxidation protection system disposed on a substrate is provided, which may comprise a boron layer comprising a boron compound disposed on the substrate; a silicon layer comprising a silicon compound disposed on the boron layer; and at least one sealing layer comprising monoaluminum phosphate and phosphoric acid disposed on the silicon layer.

A clutch assembly for a motor vehicle drivetrain includes a rigid support and a wet friction material fixed to a surface of the rigid support. The wet friction material includes a base material including a matrix of fibers and filler particles embedded in the matrix of fibers. The filler particles include calcined kaolin clay, and the base material includes, by percent weight, 5 to 60% of calcined kaolin clay. The wet friction material also includes a binder embedded in the base material. The binder is tung modified phenolic resin.