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 ...

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 ...

January 28, 2006 The internal combustion engine by another name is a heat pump and the hotter it gets in said engine’s combustion chamber, the more efficient and powerful the little sucker becomes. As ...

SOUTHFIELD, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2006--Federal-Mogul Corporation (OTCBB:FDMLQ) has introduced a line of high-strength Sealed Power(R) and Speed-Pro(R) pistons featuring a complex ceramic ...

Tenneco. has been granted a patent for a piston designed for internal combustion engines. The piston features a crown and skirt with friction-reducing coatings and strategically arranged depressions, ...

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 ...

Dublin, June 11, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Automotive Piston Market by Component (Piston, Piston Ring, Piston Pin), Material (Steel, Aluminum), Coating Type (Dry Film Lubricants, Thermal Barriers, ...

Whether you're considering new cars, or the high-performance aftermarket, engines are being built with more power than ever before. Items like power adders, multiple camshafts, and EFI tend to get all ...

High-output engines live in a world of brutal cylinder pressures, extreme temperatures and razor-thin safety margins, and the humble piston sits at the center of that storm. When power levels climb, ...