An electromechanical drive comprising - a motor, - a rotational part, said rotational part being rotatable by the motor about a rotational axis, and - a braking device that can be actuated between a braking position and a released position, the braking device having a brake disc that rotates with the rotational part and a braking element that can be adjusted in the axial direction and acts on the brake disc in the braking position, wherein the brake disc has - an inner area, - a friction surface area extending annularly around the rotational axis with a first friction surface formed on a first side of the brake disc, and a second friction surface formed on a second side of the brake disc opposite the first side, and - an intermediate area extending between the friction surface area and the inner area around the rotational axis, and wherein a first mating surface is formed on the braking element, which mating surface faces the first friction surface and interacts with the first friction surface in the braking position, and wherein the friction surface of the brake disc is arranged between the first mating surface and a second mating surface which faces to the second friction surface and cooperates with the second friction surface in the braking position, characterised in that the intermediate area is a deformation area that is elastically deformable in the axial direction by the action of the braking element on the brake disc, and that, in the released position of the braking device, the first friction surface and the first mating surface deviate from a parallel alignment and/or are inclined towards each other and/or the second friction surface and the second mating surface deviate from a parallel alignment and/or are inclined towards each other. - a motor, - a rotational part, said rotational part being rotatable by the motor about a rotational axis, and - a braking device that can be actuated between a braking position and a released position, the braking device having a brake disc that rotates with the rotational part and a braking element that can be adjusted in the axial direction and acts on the brake disc in the braking position, wherein the brake disc has the braking device having a brake disc that rotates with the rotational part and a braking element that can be adjusted in the axial direction and acts on the brake disc in the braking position, wherein the brake disc has - an inner area, - a friction surface area extending annularly around the rotational axis with a first friction surface formed on a first side of the brake disc, and a second friction surface formed on a second side of the brake disc opposite the first side, and - an intermediate area extending between the friction surface area and the inner area around the rotational axis, and wherein a first mating surface is formed on the braking element, which mating surface faces the first friction surface and interacts with the first friction surface in the braking position, and wherein the friction surface of the brake disc is arranged between the first mating surface and a second mating surface which faces to the second friction surface and cooperates with the second friction surface in the braking position, characterised in that the intermediate area is a deformation area that is elastically deformable in the axial direction by the action of the braking element on the brake disc, and that, in the released position of the braking device, the first friction surface and the first mating surface deviate from a parallel alignment and/or are inclined towards each other and/or the second friction surface and the second mating surface deviate from a parallel alignment and/or are inclined towards each other. and wherein a first mating surface is formed on the braking element, which mating surface faces the first friction surface and interacts with the first friction surface in the braking position, and wherein the friction surface of the brake disc is arranged between the first mating surface and a second mating surface which faces to the second friction surface and cooperates with the second friction surface in the braking position, characterised in that the intermediate area is a deformation area that is elastically deformable in the axial direction by the action of the braking element on the brake disc, and that, in the released position of the braking device, the first friction surface and the first mating surface deviate from a parallel alignment and/or are inclined towards each other and/or the second friction surface and the second mating surface deviate from a parallel alignment and/or are inclined towards each other.