PURPOSE: To easily manufacture a friction ring having a conical or cylindrical friction surface by connecting a mechanically stable friction member formed of a sintering powder material to a peripheral support surface of a ring-shaped support member, and sintering the friction member.

CONSTITUTION: A support ring l having a first peripheral support surface 3 is manufactured of a metal or a sintering material. The sintering powder is compressed to obtain a shaped strip 5 having a second peripheral support surface to be fitted to the first peripheral support surface 3. The shaped strip 5 is temporarily sintered to form a selfsupporting and mechanically stable friction lining 4. The friction lining 4 is forcibly pressed in a support ring 2 to connect the first and second peripheral support surface 3 to each other. The friction lining 4 is sintered in this condition. A friction ring having a conical or cylindrical friction surface is obtained thereby.