Patent ID: 8136642

Claim:
A process for the production of carbon-ceramic brake disks the method comprising: pouring into a compression mold in succession: a first molding compound comprising a first carbonizable organic binder as a precursor to a first friction layer, a second molding compound comprising a second carbonizable organic binder as a precursor to a first intermediate layer, a third molding compound comprising a third carbonizable organic binder as a precursor to a bearing element, a fourth molding compound comprising a fourth carbonizable organic binder as a precursor to a second intermediate layer, and a fifth molding compound comprising a fifth carbonizable organic binder as a precursor to a second friction layer; hardening the layers in a press to form a mother substance; carbonizing the mother substance at a temperature of 750 degrees Celsius to 1300 degrees Celsius in an environment devoid of oxidizing agents carbonized, wherein each of the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth carbonizable organic binders are converted essentially to carbon; and reacting at least a portion of the carbon in the carbonized mother substance with one or more carbide-forming elements to form one or more carbides, at a temperature in a range of at least 10 K to 400 k above the melting point of the one or more carbide-forming elements.