Brake disc for a friction brake of a transportation vehicle and method of manufacturing the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12372130-B2
Application number	US-202218068546-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 20, 2022
Priority date	Dec 22, 2021
Publication date	Jul 29, 2025
Grant date	Jul 29, 2025

Abstract

A brake disc for a friction brake of a transportation vehicle includes a friction portion having at least one friction surface and a fastening portion for fastening to the transportation vehicle, wherein the friction portion and the fastening portion are formed on a base body of gray cast iron or steel, and an anti-wear layer is applied to the friction portion as the friction surface by laser deposition welding. The anti-wear layer on the base body is continued beyond the friction surface into a region that is angled relative to the friction surface, and ends in that region, and is applied in the angled region of the base body with full coverage and without any gaps to the base body. Surface portions outside of the friction surface are provided with an anti-corrosion layer which overlaps the anti-wear layer in the angled region.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A brake disc for a friction brake of a transportation vehicle, the brake disc comprising:
a friction portion having at least one friction surface;
a fastening portion for fastening to the transportation vehicle;
a based body composed of gray cast iron or steel, wherein the friction portion and the fastening portion are formed on the base body of gray cast iron or steel;
an anti-wear layer applied to the friction portion as the at least one friction surface, wherein the anti-wear layer is applied by laser deposition welding, wherein the anti-wear layer on the base body is applied beyond the friction surface into a region angled relative to the friction surface ending in that region, and wherein the anti-wear layer is applied in the angled region of the base body with full coverage without any gaps to the base body; and
a contact plane at the friction surface between the anti-wear layer and a substrate thereof on the base body side, wherein the anti-wear layer continues into the angled region and seals the edge of that contact plane.

2. The brake disc of claim 1 , wherein the angled region is defined by a chamfer and/or a circumferential portion perpendicular to the friction surface, wherein the friction surface merges directly or by the chamfer into the circumferential portion perpendicular to the friction surface, and the anti-wear layer, starting from the friction surface, is continued uninterruptedly into the chamfer or into the circumferential portion.

3. The brake disc of claim 1 , wherein the layer thickness of the anti-wear layer in the angled region is from 80% to 120% of the layer thickness of the friction surface, in each case measured perpendicular to a respective substrate.

4. The brake disc of claim 1 , wherein the anti-wear layer has an edge portion in the angled region, wherein the layer thickness of the edge portion tapers to the edge of the anti-wear layer.

5. The brake disc of claim 1 , wherein an anti-corrosion layer is provided which extends over the anti-wear layer at least in the angled region and further over surface portions of the brake disc outside of the anti-wear layer.

6. The brake disc of claim 1 , wherein the anti-wear layer is bonded directly to the material of the base body by substance-to-substance bonding, or wherein the anti-wear layer is applied to an intermediate layer, which in turn is bonded to the material of the base body by substance-to-substance bonding by laser deposition welding.

7. A method for producing a brake disc for a friction brake of a transportation vehicle, the method comprising:
providing a base body of gray cast iron or steel, wherein a friction portion having at least one friction surface and a fastening portion for fastening to the transportation vehicle are formed thereon;
applying an anti-wear layer at least in the region of the friction surface of the friction portion as the at least one friction surface by laser deposition welding by using a welding head,
wherein, on reaching an edge of the friction surface, the laser deposition welding is continued beyond the friction surface into a region of the brake disc that is angled relative to the friction surface, and
wherein a contact plane is formed at the friction surface between the anti-wear layer and a substrate thereof on the base body side, wherein the anti-wear layer continues into the angled region and seals the edge of that contact plane.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the brake disc is rotated in the plane of the friction surface during the deposition welding and the welding head is moved radially relative to the brake disc and the welding head is tilted in response to reaching the edge of the friction surface.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein, after application of the anti-wear layer, an anti-corrosion layer is applied to portions of the base body that are not covered by the anti-wear layer, wherein the anti-wear layer is overlapped in the angled region by the anti-corrosion layer.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the angled region is defined by a chamfer and/or a circumferential portion perpendicular to the friction surface, wherein the friction surface merges directly or by the chamfer into the circumferential portion perpendicular to the friction surface, and the anti-wear layer, starting from the friction surface, is continued uninterruptedly into the chamfer or into the circumferential portion.

11. The method of claim 7 , wherein the layer thickness of the anti-wear layer in the angled region is from 80% to 120% of the layer thickness of the friction surface, in each case measured perpendicular to a respective substrate.

12. The method of claim 7 , wherein the anti-wear layer has an edge portion in the angled region, wherein the layer thickness of the edge portion tapers to the edge of the anti-wear layer.

13. The method of claim 7 , wherein an anti-corrosion layer is provided which extends over the anti-wear layer at least in the angled region and further over surface portions of the brake disc outside of the anti-wear layer.

14. The method of claim 7 , wherein the anti-wear layer is bonded directly to the material of the base body by substance-to-substance bonding, or wherein the anti-wear layer is applied to an intermediate layer, which in turn is bonded to the material of the base body by substance-to-substance bonding by laser deposition welding.

Assignees

• Volkswagen Ag

Inventors

• Mohwinkel Daniel
• Harke Markus

Classifications

• F16D2250/0076

  Welding, brazing · CPC title

• F16D2200/0021

  Steel · CPC title

• F16D2200/0013

  Cast iron · CPC title

• F16D2069/0491

  Tools, machines, processes · CPC title

• F16D2069/0458

  metallurgic, e.g. welding, brazing, sintering · CPC title