Abstract: The present invention discloses brake lining and process of manufacture thereof using a recycled friction material to form a multilayered brake lining with varying densities.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing brake linings that comprises the stage of cold heating of the friction material and compaction by using a punch with a surface having sinuosity (10) that presses the friction material (100) forming undulations on the surface (110), and the stage of heat pre-molding of the friction material at a temperature lower than that of the resin polymerization for better shaping of the pre-mold, because the resin adheres in a form of a thin layer (film) onto the entire surface which defines a better shape of the pre-mold and, also, provides the material with the heat closer to that of polymerization, which ensures a better quality for the product, and then, the stage of heat molding of the pre-formed friction material and compaction by using a curve-like punch (20). Additionally, this invention discloses an obtained product that comprises friction material with bigger or smaller interspersed oriented density areas.