摘要 |
A friction material for a synchronizer ring which exhibits good heat resistance, wear resistance and scorching resistance properties has 30 to 70% by weight of a carbon material, 10 to 40% by weight of a thermosetting resin, 5 to 30% by weight of metal fibers or metal particles and 5 to 40% by weight of inorganic fibers or inorganic particles, and having a porosity of 10 to 50%. The carbon is porous graphite particles of a size distribution in which not less than 50% of the entire number of said graphite particles have a particle diameter from 44 to 250 mu m. The thermosetting resin is a novolac type phenol resin, epoxy modified phenol resin, melamine modified phenol resin, cashew modified phenol resin, hydrocarbon resin modified phenol resin or cresol modified phenol resin. The metal fibers or metal particles are an alloy containing aluminum, copper, iron, nickel, zinc or lead as the main ingredient, the inorganic fibers or particles are barium sulfate, wollastonite, silicon, potassium titanate, glass or alumina and organic fibers and cashew dust are each contained in an amount of not more than 10% by weight. <IMAGE> |