Elio Motors Names Flame-spray Industries As Supplier Of Cylinder Coating Technology

[H2odog]

Where do you get that the reference was inferred.
I would much rather have the durability of a corolla or a civic over either of the two automobiles that were given as examples. Those high performance engines could also have something that aids in the longevity of this technology that is cost prohibitive to economy cars (under $100,000).
Just saying if you are gonna tell me that something is gonna be used in an economy car, then it should be proven in economy cars. If it is then let someone post the economy car it is used in. Which makes a lot more sense.

Are you simply argumentative or do you just lack vision? You know, if Mr. Ford and a few others thought as you do we would still be going to the blacksmiths shop to have our wooden wheels iron rimmed.

 

[Zipper]

Wondering why more engines aren't using this treatment if is durable and cost effective ..

Ray

Process inertia. In other words, "We've never done it that way before." :-/ IMO, that phrase and the thought processes behind it probably slow the rate of advance of technology by 50%.

 

[Dustoff]

Wondering why more engines aren't using this treatment if is durable and cost effective ..

Ray

Planned obsolescence.

 

[Farm Boy]

One reason maybe is that it makes the engine a "non rebuild-able ". If one of the cylinders is damaged for some reason you cant just bore it out and put an oversize piston in. As long as you take care of your engine and you do something stupid like drive it with no oil or no water, the engine should last as long if not longer then the rest of the car.

 

[Farm Boy]

Planned obsolescence.

One more thing I learned in collage!

 

[Dustoff]

One more thing I learned in collage!

Collage, art. College, education. Hey, I have to use spell check all the time and Ime edumacated.

 

[Craig]

One reason maybe is that it makes the engine a "non rebuild-able ". If one of the cylinders is damaged for some reason you cant just bore it out and put an oversize piston in. As long as you take care of your engine and you do something stupid like drive it with no oil or no water, the engine should last as long if not longer then the rest of the car.

A new innovative process, known as Plasma Transferred Wire Arc (PTWA) spray, solves the problem by applying a spray coating to the cylinder wall to return the bore to original equipment specifications. In addition, the spray-welded metal coating of the PTWA process also creates a more durable wear surface, as well as producing a more fuel-efficient engine. At the current production rate, PTWA prevents more than 5 million pounds of iron from entering the scrap process each year.


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[Hog]

Too bad. Sleeves would have been cheaper, quicker, and proven. In a small engine such as this, the weight savings is not even a factor.

 

[Farm Boy]

Collage, art. College, education. Hey, I have to use spell check all the time and Ime edumacated.

Yes, I are educated, but I cant read well without my glasses and I can only type the Columbus way, sail around' find a key and then land on it! Now were did I leave my glasses???

 

[Craig]

Too bad. Sleeves would have been cheaper, quicker, and proven. In a small engine such as this, the weight savings is not even a factor.

Did someone feed you this line of BS or did you just make it up?

It's called innovation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innovation

PTWA provides a lower cost and lower weight alternative to cast iron liners, while delivering increased displacement in the same size engine package, and a potential for better heat transfer."

Feel free to prove me wrong.