News Release

Poeton offers racing coating for industrial applications

5th June 2003

 
POETON OFFERS RACING COATING FOR INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS

Poeton Industries Limited, a world leader in surface coating technology, is now offering for industrial applications a nickel (silicon carbide) ceramic composite coating that has until now been used almost exclusively for high performance racing engines.

Apticote Ceramic 2000 is used extensively to protect engine surfaces such as cylinder bores and liners, where it provides greater oil retention than steel or chromium. It is also applied to the aluminium cylinder bores of Wankel engines used in military vehicles and micro-light aircraft, where its exceptional wear resistance and low friction properties help the engine to retain compression over very long periods.

Apticote Ceramic 2000 consists of an oleofilic hard metal coating loaded with minute, ultra-hard ceramic particles. It can be finished in a variety of surface topographies, and techniques developed for the racing engine market allow it to be applied to specific tolerances and finished using highly specialised grinding operations if required.

Key properties are an apparent hardness of 580-680 Hv, a particle hardness of 2500-3000 Hv, a particle loading of 12-14%, a melting point of 1400ºC and a typical thickness of 60-80 microns.

Commenting on another significant benefit for industry, managing director Colin John says that with coatings such as chromium under constant pressure for environmental reasons, Apticote Ceramic 2000 also offers a more environmentally friendly option. The coating process itself has been especially tailored for a variety of base materials, including aluminium, steel, cast iron, MMCs, hyperutectic alloys, upon which it outperforms hard chromium as a wear resistant coating.

Ends
250 words
File: Ceramic 2000 - industrial application