Ceramic coated pistons have longer life span then general metal ones
Vehicular engine are of several types and they
belong to an absolutely huge variety such as car, bikes, buses, heavy vehicles,
etc. But the underlying design is always the same and is similar across the
varieties of vehicles found. The basic fundamental of a vehicular internal
combustion engine is that it consists of a cylinder which is called the bore
and another piece of cylindrical metal that is inserted into the bore. This
piece is called a piston and it is attached to the crank which makes the gears
and then the wheels to roll. There are two valves in the engine and through one
of them air and oil mixture enters and through the other the exhaust gases
leave the engine. In an internal combustion engine, there is a spark plug which
ignites the air and oil mixture which results in a small explosion which pushes
the piston down and the crank pushes it up. This small explosion and the
subsequent push mean the piston goes up and down the bore thousands of times
and it goes to work every time you start the ignition on the vehicle. The
piston works up the hardest and it faces the most devastating levels of wear
and tear that a metal can face. With small explosions at the top to the
friction with the insides of the bore, a piston is under high pressure and
friction and is liable to wear out very, very soon.
In such a case, the use of ceramic piston coatings could be highly useful
as these coatings decrease the levels of friction in the piston. Ceramic
coatings have always been used for decreasing friction and with their use in
vehicular engines; it could mean that engines would last much longer than they
were initially thought to be.
