Longer Lasting Transporation Components

Understanding the mechanical constraints and the environments that cause wear is critical to engineering the proper high-wear parts and components used in transportation applications. ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ³¬ÎÛ offers unique metallurgy expertise in materials engineering, the wear-resistant properties of various materials, deposition methodologies, heat treatment, and large-scale and precision machining. The combination of this experience makes ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ³¬ÎÛ a superb partner for component manufacturing.

Engineering drawing of an autombile looking at the internal parts

Automobile

In the automotive sector, several parts require wear resistance due to constant friction, high temperatures and repetitive  usage:

  • Engine Components: Pistons, camshafts, and valves.
  • Transmission Parts: Gears, clutch plates, retaining rings, rods, shafts, and housings.
  • Suspension Components: Control arms, ball joints, tie rods, sway bars, and bushings.
  • Turbo Chargers: Housings and Compressor Housings

Abradable coatings for clearance control are a solution for all types of  housings. Heat treatment,  wear-resistant materials, and coatings help these parts last longer and perform more reliably.

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EV Electric Vehicle charging

Electric Vehicles

Electric Vehicle (EV) designs continually try to bring charging time and driving ranges closer to those of gas-powered vehicles. A common way to enhance these specifications is to employ higher voltages.

  • Housings
  • Motors
  • Batteries
  • Heat Sinks/Cooling Plates

Higher voltages can inevitably lead to thermal runaway or arching, particularly in battery system components and e-motors. Protecting sensitive components with thermal sprayed dielectric coatings can provide necessary solutions because of their high dielectric strength, good adhesion, durability after chemical, thermal, and mechanical forces, and ease of application in a high-throughput process. These coatings can be applied to many substrates, including most metal types, and can increase battery pack energy density, safety, and component and vehicle reliability.

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Motorcycle Rear Wheel

Motorcycle

Motorcycle components need to be light, precise, wear resistant, and have thermal protection ensuring durability, strength, and performance.

Wear Coating

  • Shifter Forks: Coating the forks extends the service life and enables faster and more precise shifting.
  • Drive Sprockets (pulleys): Coating aluminum pulleys in a belt-driven powertrain boosts the wear resistance of the rather soft aluminun-only pulleys.

Additionally, corrosive wear from an acidic or saline environment is eliminated.

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Truck Wheel Close up. A look at the wear parts on a truck in the transporation industry

Truck

Thermal Spray Coatings

ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ³¬ÎÛ is your source for a variety of coatings to meet vehicle-related application challenges. We can customize a solution to handle a combination of challenges, such as the wear, impact, and corrosion issues.

Wheels: In addition to the above mentioned pain points, our coatings can also reduce weight and cost by changing the substrate material to a lighter, more cost-effective material and using a coating to achieve the desired attributes of the part.

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rail car surface engineering

Rail

Friction and Corrosion Coatings

Rail components will experience wear but keeping cars safely moving is essential. Significant and costly downtime caused by wear resulting from friction, extreme temperatures, high impacts and continuous vibration can be minimized.

ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ³¬ÎÛ partnered with a leading freight railcar components company to identify an alternate and less costly material for a wear plate.

  • Wear Plates: Reduce the cost of these sacrificial components by engaging ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ³¬ÎÛ’s expertise in understanding metallic materials’ physical and mechanical properties and the affects processing and environmental conditions have on their performance.

Repairs or replacements are undesirable, difficult, and expensive   Our coatings minimize or diminish galling or gouging resulting from  metal-to-metal contact. Explore our solutions for your rail truck wear problems.

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Manufacturing Expertise

ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ³¬ÎÛ’s expertise in metallurgy and advanced manufacturing processes can be applied to produce high-performance parts and subcomponents for the transportation industry.

  • Material Selection: Choosing the right materials for specific applications
  • Heat Treatment: Enhancing the properties of metals to increase strength or toughness.
  • Thermal Spray: Applying wear-resistant and thermal barrier coatings.
  • Bronze Pouring: Creating durable bronze components.
  • Precision Machining: Crafting parts with tight tolerances.
  • Large-Scale Turning: Both vertical and horizontal turning for large components.
  • Prototyping and Testing: Our Technology Center tests and prototypes for internal and field testing ensuring the quality and performance you expect.
  • ISO9001:2015 and ITAR Certified

These production capabilities are not limited to the components mentioned above. Contact Us for any part or component in the transportation sector.