MECHANICAL FRICTION DEVICE INCLUDING A POROUS CORE

摘要

A brake or clutch disc friction device (10) includes a central layer (16) which is sandwiched between two outer, friction layers (18.1, 18.2). The central layer (16) has a porosity level higher than that of the two friction layers (18.1, 18.2). The central layer (16) is in the form of a wire-frame structure which acts as heat transfer means to transfer heat away from the friction surfaces of the outer, friction layers (18.1, 18.2). The wire-frame structure is either an X-type lattice sandwich structure or a wire-woven bulk diamond structure.