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Would be interesting to know the thickness of this hardening........I wonder
if grinding of the apex seal slots for 3 mm seals removes the hardened layer ??
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Kelly Troyer
"Dyke Delta"_13B ROTARY Engine
"RWS"_RD1C/EC2/EM2
"Mistral"_Backplate/Oil Manifold
-------------- Original message from "Ed Anderson" <eanderson@carolina.rr.com>: --------------
> When my engine swallowed and apex seal, a piece of it flew back and got
> squished by the next apex seal area and actually caused a corner of the
> rotor to crack. So it appeared to be harder than the rest of the rotor
> which was soft enough for the metal to smear. Interesting videos for sure,
> thanks for sharing, Marc
>
> Ed
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Marc Wiese"
> To: "Rotary motors in aircraft"
> Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2007 9:48 PM
> Subject: [FlyRotary] Mazda video on how to make a rotary....
>
>
> http://www.mazda.com/mazdaspirit/rotary/howto/index.html
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> Interesting. I never heard about the hig
h frequency RF hardening of the apex
> seal slot area before.....!
> Marc Wiese
> ==================================================
> Fellow RE enthusiast.
>
> Mazda Japan has released a very interesting set of small videos that detail
> how it creates and builds its Rotary Engines.
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>
>
> http://rotarynews.com/node/view/950
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