Abstract:
A process for making semi-metallic arcuate brake lining segments from graphite, metal powder, fibrous materials (asbestos and steel wool) and a phenolformaldehyde resin binder, by placing the materials in a specially designed pan and then heating the materials to a temperature between the cure and flow temperature of the resin before die pressing and curing the material to a predetermined arcuate configuration.
Abstract:
A clutch facing material including strings of asbestos to which are applied a mixture of cashew dust resin and graphite which is in turn mixed with cashew dust. The graphite is inseparably contained in the mixture of cashew dust resin and graphite and, in combination with the cashew dust, provides a clutch facing material showing a high frictional coefficient even at high temperatures.
Abstract:
A composition for a friction material for use in vehicle brakes wherein a lignin substance is substituted for a portion of the phenolic resin binder normally used in the friction material to thereby produce a substantially uniform coefficient of friction over the normal thermal operational range of such brakes.
Abstract:
Porous friction facing materials containing cellulose fibers are coated with an impregnant of ethyl silicate to provide automatic transmission clutch plate and band linings of improved frictional properties, durability, wear and heat resistance, without use of asbestos. A sheet of paper-like fibrous material may be first impregnated with a phenolic resin binder which is cured to form a first coating and then impregnated with a hydrolyzed solution of ethyl silicate in a solvent. The material is further heated to drive off the solvent and cure the ethyl silicate to form a second outer coating having a higher coefficient of friction than the first coating. The silicate impregnated lining is then bonded to the steel plate or band. Alternatively, the resin impregnated lining material may be first bonded to the metal plate and then the entire plate assembly is impregnated with the ethyl silicate solution and cured.
Abstract:
A friction element comprising fillers in an organic binder is prepared from a binder comprising a thermosetting phenolformaldehyde resin, a polymer of cashew nut shell liquid, and a Buna-N rubber. The rubber is to have an acrylonitrile content exceeding a specified limit measured in terms of nitrogen content, namely, upward of 9.8 percent nitrogen.
Abstract:
THIS INVENTION TEACHES THAT CONVENTIONAL AUTOMOTIVE BRAKE LININGS WHICH ARE BASICALLY COMPOUNDED FROM ASBESTOS AND A SYNTHETIC THERMOSETTING RESIN CAN BE GREATLY IMPROVED BY THE ADDITION OF A SMALL AMOUNT OF ANY OF THE ALKALI METAL FLUORIDES AND ESPECIALLY BY THE ADDITION OF SODIUM FLUORIDE.