US20080176470A1 - Composite Friction Materials Having Carbon Nanotube and Carbon Nanofiber Friction Enhancers - Google Patents

Composite Friction Materials Having Carbon Nanotube and Carbon Nanofiber Friction Enhancers Download PDF

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US20080176470A1
US20080176470A1 US11/548,365 US54836506A US2008176470A1 US 20080176470 A1 US20080176470 A1 US 20080176470A1 US 54836506 A US54836506 A US 54836506A US 2008176470 A1 US2008176470 A1 US 2008176470A1
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  • the present invention relates generally to friction materials, and more specifically to drylaid non-woven needlepunched textile-reinforced polymer composite friction materials.
  • Friction products having nonwoven needlepunched textile-reinforced composite (NNTRC) materials have demonstrated effective performance in a variety of applications.
  • NNTRCs have facilitated the incorporation of fibers and binder matrix resins in composites that previously were not commonly used. Their fibrous structures and resulting friction properties are unique to friction and demonstrate heat transfer through a composite open porosity which is mainly composed of the fiber and resin.
  • nonwoven wetlaid materials such as paper may replace the NNTRC's.
  • a material of the present invention includes a composite friction material comprising, a fiber mat, a resin matrix impregnated in the fiber mat, and a carbon nanomaterial dispersed within the resin matrix.
  • the carbon nanomaterial is preferably selected from a group consisting of carbon nanotubes and/or carbon nanofibers, and furthermore preferably defines between approximately 0.004 and approximately 0.080 by volume fraction of the composite friction material.
  • embodiments of the invention utilize these carbon nanotube and carbon nanofiber materials in composites, particularly NNTRC composites, as friction enhancers and friction enhancing particles. They improve friction properties using minor proportional additions and are distinctly separate, although may be used in conjunction with, those particles that are used to fill the product.
  • the present invention includes a part for use in a friction application comprising a backing and a friction element attached to the backing, wherein the friction element comprises a composite with nanomaterial dispersed within and together attached to a carrier substrate.
  • the part may include, by way of example, a dry brake plate, a wet brake plate, a clutch plate, a transmission friction disc, a transmission band, a brake band, a torque converter lining, a slip differential, or synchronizer friction element, and a brake pad or block, among others.
  • the present invention includes a composite material for use in friction applications comprising a nanomaterial selected from the group consisting of carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofibers.
  • the present invention includes a composite friction material comprising a drylaid nonwoven needlepunched textile-reinforced fiber mat, a resin matrix impregnated into and onto the fiber mat, and a carbon nanomaterial selected from the group consisting of carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofibers dispersed and distributed to furnish a volume fraction of friction enhancing particles at the friction surface.
  • a composite friction material is formed by preparing a nonwoven carded and needlepunched fiber mat, dispersing a carbon nanomaterial selected from the group consisting of carbon nanotubes and/or carbon nanofibers within a resin, and saturating the fiber mat with the resin containing the nanomaterial thereby overcoming at least some of the difficulties in molding friction materials which might attempt to utilize such materials and dispersing and distributing them on the basis of volume fraction at the friction surface.
  • a composite friction material preform is formed by depositing a carbon nanomaterial onto a fiber web, batt or mat. This can be done during the processes of opening, blending, and working. carding, crosslapping and/or needlepunching to achieve a desired volume fraction of carbon nanomaterial at the friction surface. The mat and carbon nanomaterial is then impregnated with a resin.
  • the methods and friction products of the various embodiments of this invention provide friction products with improved friction properties, and particularly nonwoven needlepunched textile-reinforced composites with improved friction properties. Some of the embodiments provide friction products that show improved coefficients of friction at increased energy engagements and elevated temperatures. Some of the embodiments provide friction products that show reduced heat fade. These products can be useful in dry and wet brake, clutch, transmission, torque converter and slip differentials
  • FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a nonwoven needlepunched textile-reinforced polymer composite material having carbon nanomaterials dispersed therein in accordance with the principles of the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a part for use in a friction application and constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention
  • FIG. 3 is a process flow diagram illustrating a method of processing a nonwoven needlepunched textile-reinforced polymer composite material having carbon nanomaterials dispersed therein in accordance with the principles of the present invention
  • FIG. 4 is a process diagram illustrating another method of processing a nonwoven needlepunched textile-reinforced polymer composite material having carbon nanomaterials dispersed therein in accordance with the principles of the present invention
  • FIG. 5 is a photomicrograph of a nonwoven needlepunched textile-reinforced polymer composite material without carbon nanomaterial
  • FIG. 6 is a photomicrograph of a nonwoven needlepunched textile-reinforced polymer composite material with carbon nanomaterial enhancers in accordance with the principles of the present invention
  • FIG. 7 is a graph of the coefficient of friction for a friction material containing carbon nanomaterials in accordance with embodiments of the present invention, versus friction material containing no carbon nanomaterials.
  • Nanomaterials have physical structures with extremely large surface areas per material particle. Nanomaterials demonstrate increased mechanical and other properties that are not indicated by their chemistry. For instance, clay/polymer nanocomposites show increased mechanical and heat distortion properties separately of their expected chemistry. These new properties are likely due to hydrogen bonding between an increased exposed surface of nano particle and, for example, a polymer matrix in a composite.
  • Carbon particles and graphite fibers are of known benefit in friction products, and thus specific nanomaterials such as those of carbon have been developed as a friction material according to the teachings of the present invention. More specifically, carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofibers have been found to be novel additions to friction materials according to the present invention. However. difficulties in dispersing carbon nanomaterials in common drylaid and molded friction products has prevented utilization of these enhancers in friction materials, whereas the present invention can produce a desired product with the enhancers dispersed advantageously at the friction surface.
  • carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofibers are microscopic single and multi-walled tubes which, since they have sufficiently large aspect ratios, are fibers rather than powders or just particles. According to the present invention, carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofibers have been found to improve friction properties using minor proportional additions and are distinctly separate, although may be used in conjunction with, those particles that are typically used to fill a friction product or part.
  • the carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofibers are made of carbon by various techniques including electric arc, laser, and chemical vapor deposition. Unlike normal carbon and graphite powders and fibers, carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofiber materials have reported structures with chemically active areas in the range of approximately 300-700 m 2 /gm. Additional geometry of carbon nanotubes include between approximately 5-100 ⁇ m in length and between approximately 1-100 nm in diameter. Carbon nanotubes can generally be described as a highly isotropic hexagonal networks of carbon atoms rolled up into a seamless, hollow cylinder, or concentric cylinders, with one or more walls and with ends capped with half of a fullerene molecule. Nanofibers, while larger than nanotubes, have similar structures, but with diameters of approximately 50-200 nm and aspect ratios on the order of approximately 100-500
  • the composite friction material 20 comprises a fiber mat 22 , a resin matrix 24 impregnated within the fiber mat 22 , and a carbon nanomaterial 26 dispersed within the resin matrix 24 .
  • the carbon nanomaterial covers a portion of the friction surface of the friction material 20 .
  • the fiber mat 22 is a nonwoven needlepunched mat
  • the carbon nanomaterial is preferably carbon nanotubes and/or carbon nanofibers, and more specifically, in a volume fraction of between approximately 0.004 and approximately 0.080 of the overall composite friction material 20 .
  • the fraction of the surface area covered including carbon-based fillers such as carbon powders, carbon particles, or graphite fibers may be present.
  • the carbon nanotubes define a geometry comprising approximately 50 to approximately 60 m 2 /gm surface area, approximately 30 to approximately 100 ⁇ m length, and approximately 60 to approximately 150 nm diameter.
  • the resin matrix is a thermoset polymer such as polyimide, phenolic, or epoxy.
  • thermoset polymers such as polyimide, phenolic, or epoxy.
  • other thermoset polymers, or alternatively thermoplastic polymers may also be employed as the resin matrix while remaining within the scope of the present invention.
  • the preferred fiber mat in one form of the invention is a staple Kevlar® material, while in other forms, the fiber mat comprises other aramids, glass, ceramic, polyacrylonitrile, staple carbon or staple graphite fibers (typically between 0.5 and 3.0 inches) and/or other appropriate fibers, preferably chosen for their friction properties.
  • the fibers can be blended in various proportions and then combined with resin in fiber to resin proportions approximately from 20:80 to 80:20 and preferably 40:60 to 70:30.
  • glass defines approximately 80% by weight of the fiber mat
  • polyacrylonitrile defines approximately 20% by weight of the fiber mat (in a fiber to resin ratio composite of 80:20).
  • the specific gravity of the glass/polyacrylonitrile fiber mat is relatively high and thus approximately 30% less carbon nanotubes and/or carbon nanofibers on a weight basis are preferably employed.
  • the friction product 50 comprises a backing 52 and a friction element 54 attached to the backing.
  • the friction element 54 comprises a nanomaterial 56 dispersed within a composite 58 .
  • the composite 58 comprises a nonwoven needlepunched textile-reinforced fiber mat impregnated with a resin matrix as described above in connection with FIG. 1 .
  • the end application includes, by way of example, a dry brake plate, a wet brake plate, a clutch plate, a transmission friction disc, a transmission band, a brake band, a torque converter lining, a slip differential lining, or synchronizer friction element, and a brake pad or block, among others.
  • the backing 52 is a metal material, in another form, the backing 52 is a non-metal material in another form the backing 52 is a plastic material. Additionally, the friction element 54 is a lining or a facing, among other types of applications.
  • a method of processing a nonwoven needlepunched textile-reinforced polymer composite material having carbon nanomaterials dispersed therein is illustrated in accordance with the principles of the present invention.
  • carded needlepunched mats, for friction applications are first prepared. (Alternatively, but not preferably, this may be done by depositing a carbon nanomaterial onto a fiber web, batt or mat some time during the fabrication of the nonwoven material.)
  • Liquid resin to be impregnated into the needlepunch mat is prepared by dispersing carbon nanotubes and/or carbon nanofibers into the liquid to effect a homogeneous dispersion of separated particles, referred to hereinafter as a liquid suspension.
  • such a dispersion may require high-speed mixing and/or low viscosity dilutions in order to separate and disperse the particles. Separation of the carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofibers in solvent before mixing into the resin can also be employed in another form of the present invention.
  • the fiber mat is then saturated with the liquid suspension and is preferably compression rolled and squeezed to initiate the dispersion of carbon nanotubes and/or carbon nanofibers into the fiber mat.
  • multiple passes of saturation and compression are preferably combined or alternated with application of vacuum to the fiber mat and liquid suspension.
  • the carbon nanotubes and/or carbon nanofibers are dispersed through the fiber mat so that upon drying the liquid resin and obtaining a dry polymer composite, the particles populate the friction surface without themselves substantially changing the porosity of the overall composite.
  • the composite material is cured and its porosity is adjusted by compression as desired for a specific end application.
  • FIG. 4 an alternate method of forming a composite material is illustrated, wherein a composite friction material preform is formed by depositing a carbon nanomaterial onto a fiber mat during a process such as, by way of example, carding and needlepunching. Additionally, the preform is impregnated with a resin material to form a composite friction material.
  • the carbon nanotubes and/or carbon nanofibers can be dispersed, sprinkled in dry bulk or sprayed in liquid suspension on the fiber mat, for example, during the carding and needlepunching process.
  • FIGS. 5 and 6 are photomicrographs of a nonwoven needlepunched textile-reinforced composite with ( FIG. 6 ) and without ( FIG. 5 ) the carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofibers according to the present invention.
  • a Kevlar staple fiber carded and needlepunched mat is prepared.
  • Carbon nanofibers from Pyrograph Products
  • a polyimide resin liquid suspension is prepared with high speed mixing and liquid dilution.
  • the mat is then saturated in the liquid suspension and pressed between compression rollers, and squeezed, as is know in the art. Multiple saturations and compressions alternated with vacuum impregnations wherein the mat and friction enhancing particles in the liquid are placed under vacuum until a cut cross-section of the wet mat indicates particle dispersion is followed.
  • the composite is then dried resulting in a fiber to dry resin ratio of 50:50 compressed in a heated platen press to a desired porosity and then cured.
  • the amount of carbon nanotube/nanofiber addition is calculated to achieve a 0.0359 volume fraction of the nanotubes/nanofibers in the cured composite.
  • FIG. 7 A dynamometer test that compares this friction material to a like friction composite without the carbon nanotubes/nanofibers is the source of the data in FIG. 7 .
  • the solid lines represents the non-woven needlepunched textile-reinforced composite without friction enhancers (the Braketex product from Tribco Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.)
  • the dotted line represents the non-woven needlepunched textile-reinforced composite with a 0.0359 volume fraction of carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofibers.
  • the dotted line indicates an increased dynamic coefficient of friction, independent of the energy input and temperature.
  • Friction composites were prepared as in Example 1, but including various volume fraction percentage levels of different carbon nanotubes (from Carbon Nanotechnologies, Houston Tex.) and carbon nanofibers (from Pyrograph Products; Cedarville, Ohio), and these composites were cut and bonded to metal carrier plates for use as dry brake plates. The plates were tested on a friction dynamometer which had been arranged to test at high energy levels and friction surface temperatures that simulate aircraft landing brake applications.
  • the table shows friction results at a high energy level chosen to show heat fade.
  • the high temperature performance extends over a 40 to 50 sec. slipping engagement at 4.0 KJ/cm 2 . This is the total energy of the engagement per area of composite friction surface rotating opposed to a cast iron stator, and where: “ ⁇ (hot)” is the dynamic coefficient of friction measured at the highest temperature point of the test engagement. “Temperature” is the hottest point during the time of friction engagement; “ ⁇ ” is the fade, which is an indication of the approximate loss of the dynamic coefficient of friction which is proportional to loss of effective stopping force due mainly to the heat of engagement.
  • a carded and needlepunched friction mat is prepared as in previous examples, but using an 80% by weight glass fiber and 20% polyacrylonitrile fibers in a phenolic resin matrix (to obtain a dried composite having a fiber to resin ratio 80:20).
  • the specific gravity of this mat is much higher than the previous examples. Due to the increased specific gravity of the mat, in order to obtain a comparable porous product with a comparable area of friction enhancers at the operating surface, as was made in Examples 1-8, approximately 30% less friction enhancers on a weight basis are measured and mixed into the resin.
  • a composite prepared with friction enhancers on an equal weight basis to another composite having a lighter specific gravity mat leads to excess carbon nanotube and/or carbon nanofiber and higher cost. Therefore, preparing products based on the volume fraction of the additives specifies properties that actually are quantified for the friction surface and are more effectively utilized by the product.
  • friction materials of these examples can be applied as friction linings or facings to appropriate metal backings for use as brake pads, clutch plates, automatic transmission friction discs, transmission or brake bands, torque converters, slip differential friction products, and the like.
  • metal backings for use as brake pads, clutch plates, automatic transmission friction discs, transmission or brake bands, torque converters, slip differential friction products, and the like.
  • non-metal backings are attached or no backings wherein the friction materials employed as free-floating devices are used for friction products.
  • the inventors believe that due to the unique presence of a large number of carbon edges with both carbon nanofibers as well as carbon nanotubes small volume proportions of either or both of these materials produce improvements in nonwoven needlepunched textile-reinforced composites without substantially effecting their porous structure or the character of the material as a whole.
  • it may be the increased thermal conductivity along the length and micro structure of the fibers and tubes compared to materials used as fillers, that conducts heat to surrounding parts, and results in higher coefficients of friction at elevated temperatures.
  • the fibers'/tubes/large increase in material fracture strain, on the order of five times that of the carbon fibers known in the art, introduces asperities of increased flex modulus and heat resistance at the friction surface, and possibly accounts for their enhancing effect.

Abstract

A textile-reinforced composite friction material is provided by the present invention that includes a nonwoven needlepunched fiber mat, a resin matrix impregnated within and onto the fiber mat, and a carbon nanomaterial dispersed within the resin matrix. The carbon nanomaterial is preferably carbon nanotubes and/or carbon nanofibers.

Description

    CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
  • This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/725,776, filed Oct. 11, 2005, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
  • FIELD
  • The present invention relates generally to friction materials, and more specifically to drylaid non-woven needlepunched textile-reinforced polymer composite friction materials.
  • BACKGROUND
  • Friction products having nonwoven needlepunched textile-reinforced composite (NNTRC) materials have demonstrated effective performance in a variety of applications. NNTRCs have facilitated the incorporation of fibers and binder matrix resins in composites that previously were not commonly used. Their fibrous structures and resulting friction properties are unique to friction and demonstrate heat transfer through a composite open porosity which is mainly composed of the fiber and resin. In some applications, nonwoven wetlaid materials such as paper may replace the NNTRC's.
  • Known powdered and particulate fillers, while being claimed as used in up to 40% by weight of the composite, (a level at which fillers would have a noticeable influence over the mechanical properties and character of the whole composite), have not yet been commercially successful or readily incorporated into NNTRC products in greater than about 3% by weight. These fillers are meant to “fill” rather than affect the composite, and have to date only made minor contributions to properties, performance, and reduced cost. Additionally, specification of the fillers on a weight basis, as is the convention, ignores the consideration of the particle in the area of the critical friction surface as it rubs an opposing surface, as friction properties are a function of the population and volume of particles actually engaged in friction. Moreover, especially at higher loadings of filler, the bulk composite porosity is influenced. Thus, fillers have not made dramatic improvements in friction NNTRCs.
  • SUMMARY
  • In one preferred form, a material of the present invention includes a composite friction material comprising, a fiber mat, a resin matrix impregnated in the fiber mat, and a carbon nanomaterial dispersed within the resin matrix. The carbon nanomaterial is preferably selected from a group consisting of carbon nanotubes and/or carbon nanofibers, and furthermore preferably defines between approximately 0.004 and approximately 0.080 by volume fraction of the composite friction material.
  • The inventors believe that improved properties can result from delivering particles of enlarged surface area having unique surface energies, quantum and small size effects to the friction surface and advantageously distributed more uniformly on the basis of their volume fraction of total matter._Accordingly, embodiments of the invention utilize these carbon nanotube and carbon nanofiber materials in composites, particularly NNTRC composites, as friction enhancers and friction enhancing particles. They improve friction properties using minor proportional additions and are distinctly separate, although may be used in conjunction with, those particles that are used to fill the product.
  • In another form, the present invention includes a part for use in a friction application comprising a backing and a friction element attached to the backing, wherein the friction element comprises a composite with nanomaterial dispersed within and together attached to a carrier substrate. The part may include, by way of example, a dry brake plate, a wet brake plate, a clutch plate, a transmission friction disc, a transmission band, a brake band, a torque converter lining, a slip differential, or synchronizer friction element, and a brake pad or block, among others.
  • In yet another form, the present invention includes a composite material for use in friction applications comprising a nanomaterial selected from the group consisting of carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofibers.
  • In still another form, the present invention includes a composite friction material comprising a drylaid nonwoven needlepunched textile-reinforced fiber mat, a resin matrix impregnated into and onto the fiber mat, and a carbon nanomaterial selected from the group consisting of carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofibers dispersed and distributed to furnish a volume fraction of friction enhancing particles at the friction surface.
  • According to one embodiment of a method of the present invention, a composite friction material is formed by preparing a nonwoven carded and needlepunched fiber mat, dispersing a carbon nanomaterial selected from the group consisting of carbon nanotubes and/or carbon nanofibers within a resin, and saturating the fiber mat with the resin containing the nanomaterial thereby overcoming at least some of the difficulties in molding friction materials which might attempt to utilize such materials and dispersing and distributing them on the basis of volume fraction at the friction surface.
  • In another method of the present invention, a composite friction material preform is formed by depositing a carbon nanomaterial onto a fiber web, batt or mat. This can be done during the processes of opening, blending, and working. carding, crosslapping and/or needlepunching to achieve a desired volume fraction of carbon nanomaterial at the friction surface. The mat and carbon nanomaterial is then impregnated with a resin.
  • The methods and friction products of the various embodiments of this invention provide friction products with improved friction properties, and particularly nonwoven needlepunched textile-reinforced composites with improved friction properties. Some of the embodiments provide friction products that show improved coefficients of friction at increased energy engagements and elevated temperatures. Some of the embodiments provide friction products that show reduced heat fade. These products can be useful in dry and wet brake, clutch, transmission, torque converter and slip differentials
  • Further areas of applicability of the present invention will become apparent from the detailed description provided hereinafter. It should be understood that the detailed description and specific examples, while indicating the preferred embodiment of the invention, are intended for purposes of illustration only and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.
  • BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
  • The present invention will become more fully understood from the detailed description and the accompanying photomicrographs and drawings, wherein:
  • FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a nonwoven needlepunched textile-reinforced polymer composite material having carbon nanomaterials dispersed therein in accordance with the principles of the present invention;
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a part for use in a friction application and constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention;
  • FIG. 3 is a process flow diagram illustrating a method of processing a nonwoven needlepunched textile-reinforced polymer composite material having carbon nanomaterials dispersed therein in accordance with the principles of the present invention;
  • FIG. 4 is a process diagram illustrating another method of processing a nonwoven needlepunched textile-reinforced polymer composite material having carbon nanomaterials dispersed therein in accordance with the principles of the present invention
  • FIG. 5 is a photomicrograph of a nonwoven needlepunched textile-reinforced polymer composite material without carbon nanomaterial;
  • FIG. 6 is a photomicrograph of a nonwoven needlepunched textile-reinforced polymer composite material with carbon nanomaterial enhancers in accordance with the principles of the present invention;
  • FIG. 7 is a graph of the coefficient of friction for a friction material containing carbon nanomaterials in accordance with embodiments of the present invention, versus friction material containing no carbon nanomaterials.
  • Corresponding reference numerals indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views of the drawings.
  • DETAILED DESCRIPTION
  • The following description of the preferred embodiments is merely exemplary in nature and is in no way intended to limit the invention, its application, or uses.
  • Nanomaterials have physical structures with extremely large surface areas per material particle. Nanomaterials demonstrate increased mechanical and other properties that are not indicated by their chemistry. For instance, clay/polymer nanocomposites show increased mechanical and heat distortion properties separately of their expected chemistry. These new properties are likely due to hydrogen bonding between an increased exposed surface of nano particle and, for example, a polymer matrix in a composite.
  • Carbon particles and graphite fibers are of known benefit in friction products, and thus specific nanomaterials such as those of carbon have been developed as a friction material according to the teachings of the present invention. More specifically, carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofibers have been found to be novel additions to friction materials according to the present invention. However. difficulties in dispersing carbon nanomaterials in common drylaid and molded friction products has prevented utilization of these enhancers in friction materials, whereas the present invention can produce a desired product with the enhancers dispersed advantageously at the friction surface.
  • Unlike powders and prior art carbon materials, carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofibers are microscopic single and multi-walled tubes which, since they have sufficiently large aspect ratios, are fibers rather than powders or just particles. According to the present invention, carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofibers have been found to improve friction properties using minor proportional additions and are distinctly separate, although may be used in conjunction with, those particles that are typically used to fill a friction product or part.
  • The carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofibers are made of carbon by various techniques including electric arc, laser, and chemical vapor deposition. Unlike normal carbon and graphite powders and fibers, carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofiber materials have reported structures with chemically active areas in the range of approximately 300-700 m2/gm. Additional geometry of carbon nanotubes include between approximately 5-100 μm in length and between approximately 1-100 nm in diameter. Carbon nanotubes can generally be described as a highly isotropic hexagonal networks of carbon atoms rolled up into a seamless, hollow cylinder, or concentric cylinders, with one or more walls and with ends capped with half of a fullerene molecule. Nanofibers, while larger than nanotubes, have similar structures, but with diameters of approximately 50-200 nm and aspect ratios on the order of approximately 100-500
  • Referring now to FIG. 1, a composite friction material according to the present invention is illustrated and generally indicated by reference numeral 20. The composite friction material 20 comprises a fiber mat 22, a resin matrix 24 impregnated within the fiber mat 22, and a carbon nanomaterial 26 dispersed within the resin matrix 24. The carbon nanomaterial covers a portion of the friction surface of the friction material 20. (It should be understood that the FIG. 1 illustration is merely exemplary and is not to scale). Preferably, the fiber mat 22 is a nonwoven needlepunched mat
  • The carbon nanomaterial is preferably carbon nanotubes and/or carbon nanofibers, and more specifically, in a volume fraction of between approximately 0.004 and approximately 0.080 of the overall composite friction material 20. However, the fraction of the surface area covered In addition to the carbon nanomaterial fillers, including carbon-based fillers such as carbon powders, carbon particles, or graphite fibers may be present. In one form, the carbon nanotubes define a geometry comprising approximately 50 to approximately 60 m2/gm surface area, approximately 30 to approximately 100 μm length, and approximately 60 to approximately 150 nm diameter.
  • Preferably, the resin matrix is a thermoset polymer such as polyimide, phenolic, or epoxy. However, other thermoset polymers, or alternatively thermoplastic polymers, may also be employed as the resin matrix while remaining within the scope of the present invention.
  • The preferred fiber mat in one form of the invention is a staple Kevlar® material, while in other forms, the fiber mat comprises other aramids, glass, ceramic, polyacrylonitrile, staple carbon or staple graphite fibers (typically between 0.5 and 3.0 inches) and/or other appropriate fibers, preferably chosen for their friction properties. The fibers can be blended in various proportions and then combined with resin in fiber to resin proportions approximately from 20:80 to 80:20 and preferably 40:60 to 70:30.
  • In another example, glass defines approximately 80% by weight of the fiber mat, and polyacrylonitrile defines approximately 20% by weight of the fiber mat (in a fiber to resin ratio composite of 80:20). The specific gravity of the glass/polyacrylonitrile fiber mat is relatively high and thus approximately 30% less carbon nanotubes and/or carbon nanofibers on a weight basis are preferably employed.
  • Referring now to FIG. 2, a friction product for use in a friction application is illustrated and generally indicated by reference numeral 50. The friction product 50 comprises a backing 52 and a friction element 54 attached to the backing. In accordance with the principles of the present invention, the friction element 54 comprises a nanomaterial 56 dispersed within a composite 58. Preferably, the composite 58 comprises a nonwoven needlepunched textile-reinforced fiber mat impregnated with a resin matrix as described above in connection with FIG. 1. The end application includes, by way of example, a dry brake plate, a wet brake plate, a clutch plate, a transmission friction disc, a transmission band, a brake band, a torque converter lining, a slip differential lining, or synchronizer friction element, and a brake pad or block, among others.
  • In one form, the backing 52 is a metal material, in another form, the backing 52 is a non-metal material in another form the backing 52 is a plastic material. Additionally, the friction element 54 is a lining or a facing, among other types of applications.
  • Referring to FIG. 3, a method of processing a nonwoven needlepunched textile-reinforced polymer composite material having carbon nanomaterials dispersed therein is illustrated in accordance with the principles of the present invention. Generally, carded needlepunched mats, for friction applications are first prepared. (Alternatively, but not preferably, this may be done by depositing a carbon nanomaterial onto a fiber web, batt or mat some time during the fabrication of the nonwoven material.) Liquid resin to be impregnated into the needlepunch mat is prepared by dispersing carbon nanotubes and/or carbon nanofibers into the liquid to effect a homogeneous dispersion of separated particles, referred to hereinafter as a liquid suspension. In some instances, such a dispersion may require high-speed mixing and/or low viscosity dilutions in order to separate and disperse the particles. Separation of the carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofibers in solvent before mixing into the resin can also be employed in another form of the present invention.
  • The fiber mat is then saturated with the liquid suspension and is preferably compression rolled and squeezed to initiate the dispersion of carbon nanotubes and/or carbon nanofibers into the fiber mat. To optimize dispersion, multiple passes of saturation and compression are preferably combined or alternated with application of vacuum to the fiber mat and liquid suspension. The carbon nanotubes and/or carbon nanofibers are dispersed through the fiber mat so that upon drying the liquid resin and obtaining a dry polymer composite, the particles populate the friction surface without themselves substantially changing the porosity of the overall composite. Subsequently, the composite material is cured and its porosity is adjusted by compression as desired for a specific end application.
  • In FIG. 4, an alternate method of forming a composite material is illustrated, wherein a composite friction material preform is formed by depositing a carbon nanomaterial onto a fiber mat during a process such as, by way of example, carding and needlepunching. Additionally, the preform is impregnated with a resin material to form a composite friction material. The carbon nanotubes and/or carbon nanofibers can be dispersed, sprinkled in dry bulk or sprayed in liquid suspension on the fiber mat, for example, during the carding and needlepunching process.
  • FIGS. 5 and 6 are photomicrographs of a nonwoven needlepunched textile-reinforced composite with (FIG. 6) and without (FIG. 5) the carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofibers according to the present invention.
  • EXAMPLE 1
  • A Kevlar staple fiber carded and needlepunched mat is prepared. Carbon nanofibers (from Pyrograph Products) in a polyimide resin liquid suspension is prepared with high speed mixing and liquid dilution. The mat is then saturated in the liquid suspension and pressed between compression rollers, and squeezed, as is know in the art. Multiple saturations and compressions alternated with vacuum impregnations wherein the mat and friction enhancing particles in the liquid are placed under vacuum until a cut cross-section of the wet mat indicates particle dispersion is followed. The composite is then dried resulting in a fiber to dry resin ratio of 50:50 compressed in a heated platen press to a desired porosity and then cured. The amount of carbon nanotube/nanofiber addition is calculated to achieve a 0.0359 volume fraction of the nanotubes/nanofibers in the cured composite.
  • Since the porosity is controlled by the amount of platen compression independent of the addition of the friction enhancers, porous character of the composite is retained. A dynamometer test that compares this friction material to a like friction composite without the carbon nanotubes/nanofibers is the source of the data in FIG. 7. As shown in FIG. 7, the solid lines represents the non-woven needlepunched textile-reinforced composite without friction enhancers (the Braketex product from Tribco Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.) The dotted line represents the non-woven needlepunched textile-reinforced composite with a 0.0359 volume fraction of carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofibers. The dotted line indicates an increased dynamic coefficient of friction, independent of the energy input and temperature.
  • EXAMPLES 2-8
  • Friction composites were prepared as in Example 1, but including various volume fraction percentage levels of different carbon nanotubes (from Carbon Nanotechnologies, Houston Tex.) and carbon nanofibers (from Pyrograph Products; Cedarville, Ohio), and these composites were cut and bonded to metal carrier plates for use as dry brake plates. The plates were tested on a friction dynamometer which had been arranged to test at high energy levels and friction surface temperatures that simulate aircraft landing brake applications.
  • The table shows friction results at a high energy level chosen to show heat fade. The high temperature performance extends over a 40 to 50 sec. slipping engagement at 4.0 KJ/cm2. This is the total energy of the engagement per area of composite friction surface rotating opposed to a cast iron stator, and where: “μ (hot)” is the dynamic coefficient of friction measured at the highest temperature point of the test engagement. “Temperature” is the hottest point during the time of friction engagement; “Δμ” is the fade, which is an indication of the approximate loss of the dynamic coefficient of friction which is proportional to loss of effective stopping force due mainly to the heat of engagement.
  • EXAMPLES 2-8
    VOLUME
    FRACTION OF Temperature
    EXAMPLE NANOMATERIAL μ (hot) (deg. C.) Δμ (fade)
    2 0 0.11 435 0.19
    3 0.0059 carbon 0.14 508 0.14
    nanotubes
    4 0.0134 carbon 0.12 473 0.03
    nanofibers
    5 0.0121 carbon 0.13 475 0
    nanofibers
    6 0.0197 carbon 0.16 611 0.14
    nanotubes
    7 0.0359 carbon 0.14 562 0.06
    nanofibers
    8 0.0658 carbon 0.12 675 0.08
    nanotubes
  • It is apparent that the six brake plates with nano enhancers (Examples 3-8) showed substantially higher coefficients of friction at elevated temperatures than the standard without enhancers (Example 2). It is also apparent that the enhancers reduced the difference between dynamic coefficients of friction between those at the beginning of friction engagement and before the end of the engagement at which point the friction interface is at its maximum temperature. This would result in the improvement of more uniform pressure being applied during the stop. Generally increasing temperatures with proportions of increasing enhancers indicate more heat energy being conducted to the opposing surfaces which dissipate energy away from the mechanisms. This improvement would tend to degrade the composites less. As seen in FIGS. 5 and 6, the materials also retain their porosity beside their enhancer additions. The enhancers do not significantly effect the open porosity character of the composite. These results would not be expected by similar additions of fillers, powders or any other additives to the NNTRC's.
  • Together with additional tests it is indicated that friction enhancing particle additions below about 0.004 volume fraction of the composite or above about 0.080 did not exhibit further improvements beyond those within that range of volume fractions.
  • EXAMPLE 9
  • In order to demonstrate the versatility of the invention to utilize other fibers and resins as well as the effect on the friction surface by volume proportion measurements, a carded and needlepunched friction mat is prepared as in previous examples, but using an 80% by weight glass fiber and 20% polyacrylonitrile fibers in a phenolic resin matrix (to obtain a dried composite having a fiber to resin ratio 80:20). The specific gravity of this mat is much higher than the previous examples. Due to the increased specific gravity of the mat, in order to obtain a comparable porous product with a comparable area of friction enhancers at the operating surface, as was made in Examples 1-8, approximately 30% less friction enhancers on a weight basis are measured and mixed into the resin. Conversely, a composite prepared with friction enhancers on an equal weight basis to another composite having a lighter specific gravity mat, leads to excess carbon nanotube and/or carbon nanofiber and higher cost. Therefore, preparing products based on the volume fraction of the additives specifies properties that actually are quantified for the friction surface and are more effectively utilized by the product.
  • The friction materials of these examples can be applied as friction linings or facings to appropriate metal backings for use as brake pads, clutch plates, automatic transmission friction discs, transmission or brake bands, torque converters, slip differential friction products, and the like. Alternatively, non-metal backings are attached or no backings wherein the friction materials employed as free-floating devices are used for friction products.
  • It is apparent that improved friction materials can be obtained when employing carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofibers in volume proportions of approximately 0.004 to 0.080 by volume fraction of nonwoven needlepunched textile-reinforced polymer matrix friction composites.
  • The inventors believe that due to the unique presence of a large number of carbon edges with both carbon nanofibers as well as carbon nanotubes small volume proportions of either or both of these materials produce improvements in nonwoven needlepunched textile-reinforced composites without substantially effecting their porous structure or the character of the material as a whole. Among other things, it may be the increased thermal conductivity along the length and micro structure of the fibers and tubes compared to materials used as fillers, that conducts heat to surrounding parts, and results in higher coefficients of friction at elevated temperatures. The fibers'/tubes/large increase in material fracture strain, on the order of five times that of the carbon fibers known in the art, introduces asperities of increased flex modulus and heat resistance at the friction surface, and possibly accounts for their enhancing effect.
  • The description of the invention is merely exemplary in nature and, thus, variations that do not depart from the substance of the invention are intended to be within the scope of the invention. Such variations are not to be regarded as a departure from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Claims (29)

1. A composite friction material comprising:
a nonwoven needlepunched fiber mat;
a resin matrix impregnated in the fiber mat; and
a carbon nanomaterial dispersed on and within the resin matrix and fiber mat.
2. The composite friction material according to claim 1, wherein the carbon nanomaterial is selected from a group consisting of carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofibers.
3. The composite friction material according to claim 2, wherein the carbon nanomaterial defines between approximately 0.004 and approximately 0.080 by volume fraction of the composite friction material.
4. The composite friction material according to claim 1, wherein the carbon nanomaterial defines between approximately 0.004 and approximately 0.080 by volume fraction of the composite friction material.
5. The composite friction material according to claim 1 further comprising fillers dispersed within the resin.
6. The composite friction material according to claim 1, wherein the resin matrix is selected from a group consisting of polyimide, phenolic, and epoxy.
7. The composite friction material according to claim 1, wherein the fiber mat is selected from a group comprising aramid, glass, ceramic, polyacrylnitrile and staple carbon or staple graphite fibers.
8. A friction product for use in a friction application comprising:
a backing; and
a friction composite attached to the backing, the friction composite comprising a dispersed carbon nanomaterial within a matrix carrier.
9. The friction product according to claim 8, wherein the carbon nanomaterial is selected from the group consisting of carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofibers.
10. The friction product according to claim 8, wherein the friction product is selected from the group consisting of a dry brake plate, a wet brake plate, a clutch plate, a transmission friction disc, a transmission band, a brake band, a torque converter lining, a slip differential or synchronizer friction element, and a brake pad or block, among others.
11. The friction product according to claim 8, wherein the composite comprises a resin matrix impregnated within and onto a nonwoven needlepunched textile-reinforced fiber mat.
12. The friction product according to claim 8, wherein the backing substrate is metal.
13. The friction product according to claim 8, wherein the backing substrate is plastic.
14. The friction product according to claim 8, wherein the friction element is a lining, facing, or unattached member.
15. The friction product according to claim 10, wherein the friction element is a facing.
16. A composite material for use in friction applications comprising a nonwoven needle punched fiber mat;
a resin matrix impregnated in the fiber mat; and
a carbon nanomaterial dispersed on and within the resin matrix and fiber mat, the carbon nanomaterial selected from the group consisting of carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofibers.
17. The composite material according to claim 16, wherein the carbon nanomaterial defines between approximately 0.004 and approximately 0.080 by volume fraction of the composite material.
18. A composite friction material comprising:
a carded and needlepunched fiber mat is selected from a group comprising aramid, glass, ceramic, polyacrylonitrile and staple carbon or staple graphite fibers;
a resin matrix impregnated within the fiber mat; and
a carbon nanomaterial selected from the group consisting of carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofibers dispersed within the resin matrix.
19. The composite friction material according to claim 18 wherein the carbon nanomaterial defines between approximately 0.004 and approximately 0.080 by volume fraction of the composite friction material.
20. A method of forming a composite friction material comprising preparing a fiber mat, dispersing a carbon nanomaterial selected from the group consisting of carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofibers within a resin, and saturating the fiber mat with resin containing the nanomaterial.
21. The method according to claim 20 further comprising separating the particles of the nanomaterial in a solvent before dispersing the nanomaterial within the resin.
22. The method according to claim 20 further comprising dispersing the nanomaterial and resin in the mat by a method selected from the group consisting of compression rolling and squeezing.
23. The method according to claim 22 further comprising dispersing the nanomaterial and resin in the mat by vacuum impregnation
24. The method according to claim 20 further comprising multiple steps of dispersing the nanomaterial within the resin and saturating the fiber mat.
25. The method according to claim 24, wherein the multiple steps of dispersing the nanomaterial within the resin and saturating the fiber mat are alternated with application of vacuum.
26. A method of forming a composite friction material preform comprising depositing a carbon nanomaterial onto a fiber mat during the needlepunching process.
27. A friction product made by the method of claim 26
28. A method of forming a composite friction material comprising depositing a carbon nanomaterial onto a fiber mat and impregnating the carbon nanomaterial fiber mat with a resin.
29. A friction product made by the method of claim 28.
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