Precious Coatings for Plastic Parts (IMAGE)

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft

Precious Coatings for Plastic Parts

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This is a plastic cage coated with diamond-like carbon: Bearings achieve much higher engine speeds with parts coated in this way.

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Fraunhofer IWM

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