Composite
brake drum, comprising a connecting section (2) oriented perpendicular to the axis of rotation (X) of the composite
brake drum (1) and designed to connect the composite
brake drum (1) to a wheel to be braked, comprising an annular shell section (5) supported by the connecting section (2) and rotating around the axis of rotation (X) of the composite brake drum (1), and comprising a friction ring (6) supported by the shell section (5), which also rotates around the axis of rotation (X) of the composite brake drum (1) and has a friction surface (16) on its free inner circumferential side, which is rotationally symmetrical to the axis of rotation (X) of the composite brake drum (1), wherein the connecting section (2) is made of a
light metal material and the friction ring (6) is made of a
cast iron material, wherein the friction ring (6) has a structure on its outer circumferential surface,the structure is formed by protrusions (17) and depressions (18) which are at least partially bounded by the protrusions (17), and wherein the material of the shell section (5) has penetrated into the depressions (18) of the structure, characterized in that the friction ring (6) has a thickness (D1) in a first
edge region (12), which is bounded by its end face (7) facing the connection section (2), which is smaller than the thickness (D2) that the friction ring (6) has in its second
edge region (14), which is bounded by the end face (10) facing away from the connection section (2), and that the thickness (D1) of the first
edge region (12) increases continuously from its edge associated with the connection section (2) towards the second edge region (14) and the thickness (D2) of the second edge region (14) increases continuously up to the end face (10) facing away from the connection section (2).that the increase in thickness (D2) over the second edge region (14) is greater than the increase in thickness (D1) over the first edge region (12) and the proportion of the width of the second edge region (14) to the width (BR) of the friction ring (6) is greater than the proportion that the width of the first edge region (12) occupies to the width (BR) of the friction ring (6) and that at least some of the protrusions (17) extend parallel to the axis of rotation (X) of the composite brake drum (1)..