The piston skirt and pin account for about 17 percent of the frictional loss in a combustion engine as they are the most difficult to keep lubricated and have the largest contact surfaces. OE ...

As hard-chrome plating has fallen out of favor, hydraulic-cylinder manufacturers have developed alternative coatings and platings. Here is how they affect seal performance and life. • Hard-chrome ...

SAE International Journal of Materials and Manufacturing, Vol. 6, No. 2 (April 2013), pp. 131-134 (4 pages) ABSTRACT A chemical vapor deposition method for preparing high-quality chromium carbide ...

High-tech coatings for engine and driveline parts have been around for decades, but they have had a voodoo mystique about them that scares off the typical hot rodder. It's kind of like the stigma ...

New Delhi: Abilities India Pistons & Rings Ltd. (Abilities India), a leading name in the manufacturing of Pistons, Piston Rings, Gravity Casting, Pressure Die Casting, and Coatings, has obtained a ...

Abilities India Pistons & Rings (Abilities India), a leading manufacturer of pistons, piston rings, gravity casting, pressure die casting, and coatings has announced that it has got a patent for its ...

Editor's Note: In this second and concluding part of our investigation into coatings for circle track applications, we'll review a couple of pertinent points and then wrap our thoughts around some of ...

If internal combustion is a war, then pistons are quite literally on the frontlines. Converting reciprocating energy into rotating force means that the four-stroke process tries to both eject the ...