Abstract: A manufacturing apparatus 10 for manufacturing a brake lining 41 is provided with a support portion 33 for supporting a brake shoe 43, a compressing portion 20 for compressively bonding a strip-shaped brake lining 41 to a rim 43b by compressing a material and a mold portion 31, 32 including a mold frame 32 for shaping lateral surfaces of the brake lining 41 and a pressing member 31 for forming a frictional surface 41a of the brake lining 41 by pressing the material, so as to shape the brake lining 41. The mold frame 32 has a first molding surface 32a for shaping a first side plane 41b, a second molding surface 32b for shaping a second side plane 41c and a third molding surface 32c disposed at a boundary portion between the first molding surface 32a and the second molding surface 32b for continuously connecting the first molding surface 32a with the second molding surface 32b by a curved surface.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to improve the fluidity of a thermosetting powder adhesive and clear the blocking with a powder adhesive in a constant amount supplying apparatus or a delivery pathway. The present invention has attained the object by a powder adhesive containing a thermosetting adhesive particle and an inorganic filler present on the surface of the thermosetting adhesive particle.

Abstract: A manufacturing apparatus 10 for manufacturing a brake lining 41 is provided with a support portion 33 for supporting a brake shoe 43, a compressing portion 20 for compressively bonding a strip-shaped brake lining 41 to a rim 43b by compressing a material and a mold portion 31, 32 including a mold frame 32 for shaping lateral surfaces of the brake lining 41 and a pressing member 31 for forming a frictional surface 41a of the brake lining 41 by pressing the material, so as to shape the brake lining 41. The mold frame 32 has a first molding surface 32a for shaping a first side plane 41b, a second molding surface 32b for shaping a second side plane 41c and a third molding surface 32c disposed at a boundary portion between the first molding surface 32a and the second molding surface 32b for continuously connecting the first molding surface 32a with the second molding surface 32b by a curved surface.

Abstract: In a friction material, columnar or scaly non-whisker-like alkali metal titanate or non-whisker-like alkali metal•alkaline-earth metal titanate having an average particle diameter in the range of 0.1 to 100 ?m and an aspect ratio of 3 or less and an inorganic porous filler are compounded, and a friction material in which non-whisker-like lithium.potassium titanate having an average particle diameter in the range of 0.1 to 100 ?m and an aspect ratio of 3 or less is compounded.

Abstract: In a friction material, columnar or scaly non-whisker-like alkali metal titanate or non-whisker-like alkali metal.alkaline-earth metal titanate having an average particle diameter in the range of 0.1 to 100 ?m and an aspect ratio of 3 or less and an inorganic porous filler are compounded, and a friction material in which non-whisker-like lithium.potassium titanate having an average particle diameter in the range of 0.1 to 100 ?m and an aspect ratio of 3 or less is compounded.