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Old 04-26-2013, 10:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Apogee View Post
That's an interesting idea, however I'd be concerned about the potential negative ramifications associated with putting a thermal barrier on the cooling surfaces of a rotor, particularly the cooling vanes, since that would somewhat defeat the purpose of the rotor to convert kinetic energy into heat and dissipate it. There are nearly limitless types and variations on ceramic coatings these days, but most serve as good insulators, hence their use on exhaust and other similar applications where excessive heat transfer is not desired.

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Here is an article on ceramic coating with rotors from swaintech..
http://swaintech.com/wp-content/uplo...ating-News.pdf

There is a few patents on it, but one references wear resistance.

Jeff
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