Cast aluminum part having a casting surface

US6555241B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Vaw motor GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Hermann W. Erbslöh · Recklinghausen, DE
• Franz Josef Feikus · Bonn, DE
• Erich Lugscheider · Aachen, DE
• Frank Löffler · Wendeburg, DE
• Christian Wolff · Monheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 27, 2000
• Grant date: Apr 29, 2003
• Expiry date: Oct 27, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C23C14/3407
• WIPO field: Surface technology, coating
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A cylinder block of an internal combustion engine has several cylinder bores. The surfaces surrounding the cylinder bores have wear-resistant coatings which closely reproduce the surfaces. The coatings are formed by Plasma Vacuum Deposition.