X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from fed1rmmtao101.cox.net ([68.230.241.45] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.12) with ESMTP id 2401394 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 22 Oct 2007 22:47:47 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=68.230.241.45; envelope-from=steve@stevet.net Received: from fed1rmimpo03.cox.net ([70.169.32.75]) by fed1rmmtao101.cox.net (InterMail vM.7.08.02.01 201-2186-121-102-20070209) with ESMTP id <20071023024642.VWUC1384.fed1rmmtao101.cox.net@fed1rmimpo03.cox.net> for ; Mon, 22 Oct 2007 22:46:42 -0400 Received: from [192.168.2.203] ([68.6.58.190]) by fed1rmimpo03.cox.net with bizsmtp id 3emh1Y00746FLUs0000000; Mon, 22 Oct 2007 22:46:41 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-9-52037200 Message-Id: From: Steve Thomas Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Rotary Enhancements Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 19:46:41 -0700 To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) --Apple-Mail-9-52037200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Not sure what you're looking at, but the coating is called "Cermet" not ceramic. They also sell ceramic seals. Cermet is a brand name for a particular kind of chrome plating, I believe. Best Regards, Steve ____________________________________________________________________ On Oct 22, 2007, at 1:09 PM, wrjjrs@aol.com wrote: > Guys, > The real question is, does the coating stay on?! There are many > types of coatings, the toughest coating won't help if it cracks or > flakes off. Ceramic is one of the hardest materials around short > of diamond. There is no question that it will help lower sliding > friction, do they have any high time engines? This comes from > someone who really likes coatings. If the coating flakes off the > flakes themselves are the worse than anything you could put in there. > Bill Jepson --Apple-Mail-9-52037200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Not sure what you're looking at, = but the coating is called "Cermet" not ceramic.=A0 They also sell = ceramic seals.=A0 Cermet is a brand name for a particular kind of chrome = plating, I believe.=A0=A0

Best = Regards,

Steve=A0

On Oct 22, 2007, at 1:09 = PM, wrjjrs@aol.com wrote: