Advanced coatings offer opportunities for composites in harsh environments

摘要

Motorsport, aerospace and military applications now can benefit from the opportunity to prevent composite delami-nation in high temperature and high wear environments A new ceramic thermal barrier technology will allow high strength, lightweight materials to be used in high temperature and high wear environments for which they have previously been unsuitable. Zircotec s range of plasma sprayed coatings is already successfully applied to metallic components reducing surface temperatures by over 170°C in some automotive applications.