Mahle International Gmbh

Mahle Engine Systems UK Limited

Mahle Composants Moteur France Sas

David Latham

Roger Gorges

John Carey

Olivier Beaurepaire

Ian Laing

Natalie Phipps

Stuart Dickson

Matthew Ring

Isaac Chang

A sliding engine component may include a plastic polymer-based composite layer on a substrate. The composite layer may include a matrix of plastic polymer-based material, and functionalised graphene nano platelets distributed throughout the matrix.

Sliding engine component

A bearing element may include a bearing substrate and a sliding layer of a sliding layer material. The sliding layer material may include a polymeric material and nanodiamonds. The nanodiamonds may also be surface-functionalized nanodiamonds. The bearing element may be suitable for automotive applications, including, but not limited, use within automotive engines.

Bearing element and sliding layer material for a bearing element

A sliding bearing and a method for its manufacture are disclosed. The sliding bearing may include a metallic substrate, an electrically insulating layer on the metallic substrate, and an electrical component on the electrically insulating layer. The sliding bearing may be operatively connected to a monitoring module configured to monitor the electrical component.

Sliding bearing with wear detection

A plastic bearing material of a bearing may include a block copolymer. The block copolymer may include structural blocks of two or more different polymers. A first polymer may include at least one of polyamide-imide and polybenzimidazole. A second polymer may include at least one of polydimethylsiloxane, methyl vinyl ether and polyisobutene. A method for manufacturing a plastic bearing material may include synthesizing a structural block of a first polymer and a structural block of a second polymer to define a block copolymer via a condensation reaction.

Bearing material

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