Ceramic materials for friction linings

A process for producing a ceramic friction lining comprising a material consisting essentially of metal oxides which are present in the form of ceramic particles bound by carbon and/or carbides, wherein the material has a mass fraction of at least 50% of metal oxides, wherein the cohesion of the material is effected by bonding with an inorganic material selected from the group consisting of carbon, which carbon is formed by carbonisation treatment of a green body at temperatures above 650° C., and carbides which carbides are formed by thermal treatment at temperatures of at least 1200° C., wherein

• a shapable mixture of pulverulent metal oxides, additives and thermally curing organic binders is produced in a first step,
• the mixture is brought into the desired shape by pressing in a second step and
• the shaped mixture is cured with the aid of the thermally curing organic binders in a third step, and
• the green body produced in this way is carbonized in a fourth step at temperatures above 650° C. and in the absence of atmospheric oxygen, wherein carbon is formed during the carbonisation.

A process for producing a ceramic brake lining comprising a material consisting essentially of metal oxides which are present in the form of ceramic particles bound by carbon and/or carbides, wherein the material has a mass fraction of at least 50% of metal oxides, wherein the cohesion of the material is effected by bonding with an inorganic material selected from the group consisting of carbon, which carbon is formed by carbonisation treatment of a green body at temperatures above 650° C., and carbides which carbides are formed by thermal treatment at temperatures of at least 1200° C. wherein

• a shapable mixture of pulverulent metal oxides, additives and thermally curing organic binders is produced in a first step,
• the mixture is brought into the desired shape by pressing in a second step and
• the shaped mixture is cured with the aid of the thermally curing organic binders in a third step, and
• the green body produced in this way is carbonised in a fourth step at temperatures above 650° C. and in the absence of atmospheric oxygen, wherein carbon is formed during the carbonisation.