A friction device having a rotational axis for a torsional vibration damper, having at least the following components: - an input side having a first input disk and having a second input disk, which are connected to each other; and - an output side having an energy storage element, a first friction disk and a second friction disk, wherein the energy storage element is arranged axially between the friction disks (9, 10), wherein the friction disks (9, 10) have a plurality of contact areas (11, 12, 13) on the energy storage element side and a plurality of friction zones (14, 15, 16) on the input disk side, wherein a torque can be transmitted frictionally between the input side and the output side by prestressing the energy storage element to exert an axial force (17, 18, 19) and this axial force (17, 18, 19) is conducted via: - at least one of the contact areas (11, 12, 13) from the energy storage element to the respective friction disk (9, 10), and - at least one of the friction zones (14, 15, 16) of the friction disks (9, 10) on the respectively corresponding input disk (5, 6), wherein a relative angle of rotation (20, 21) about the rotational axis can be effected between the output side and the input side as a result of a torque gradient, and is dependant on the applied angle of rotation (20, 21): - an amount of axial force (17, 18, 19), and - the contact area (11, 12, 13) and/or the friction zone (14, 15, 16) over which the axial force (17, 18, 19) is conducted, wherein a first of the contact areas and a first of the friction zones are each arranged on a first diameter (27, 28), and a second of the contact areas and a second of the friction zones are each arranged on a second diameter (29, 30), wherein at least one of the first diameters (27, 28) is not equal to the respective second diameter (29, 30) on the same side, characterised in that a first axial distance between the first contact region and the first friction zone is not equal to a second axial distance between the second contact region and the second friction zone. - an input side having a first input disk and having a second input disk, which are connected to each other; and - an output side having an energy storage element, a first friction disk and a second friction disk, wherein the energy storage element is arranged axially between the friction disks (9, 10), wherein the friction disks (9, 10) have a plurality of contact areas (11, 12, 13) on the energy storage element side and a plurality of friction zones (14, 15, 16) on the input disk side, wherein a torque can be transmitted frictionally between the input side and the output side by prestressing the energy storage element to exert an axial force (17, 18, 19) and this axial force (17, 18, 19) is conducted via: - at least one of the contact areas (11, 12, 13) from the energy storage element to the respective friction disk (9, 10), and - at least one of the friction zones (14, 15, 16) of the friction disks (9, 10) on the respectively corresponding input disk (5, 6), wherein a relative angle of rotation (20, 21) about the rotational axis can be effected between the output side and the input side as a result of a torque gradient, and - at least one of the contact areas (11, 12, 13) from the energy storage element to the respective friction disk (9, 10), and - at least one of the friction zones (14, 15, 16) of the friction disks (9, 10) on the respectively corresponding input disk (5, 6), wherein a relative angle of rotation (20, 21) about the rotational axis can be effected between the output side and the input side as a result of a torque gradient, and is dependant on the applied angle of rotation (20, 21): - an amount of axial force (17, 18, 19), and - the contact area (11, 12, 13) and/or the friction zone (14, 15, 16) over which the axial force (17, 18, 19) is conducted, - an amount of axial force (17, 18, 19), and - the contact area (11, 12, 13) and/or the friction zone (14, 15, 16) over which the axial force (17, 18, 19) is conducted, wherein a first of the contact areas and a first of the friction zones are each arranged on a first diameter (27, 28), and a second of the contact areas and a second of the friction zones are each arranged on a second diameter (29, 30), wherein at least one of the first diameters (27, 28) is not equal to the respective second diameter (29, 30) on the same side, characterised in that a first axial distance between the first contact region and the first friction zone is not equal to a second axial distance between the second contact region and the second friction zone.