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Helmut Proefrock

Patrick Izquierdo

Peter Stocker

Tilman Haug

Harald Pfeffinger

Franz Rueckert

Axel Heuberger

Herbert Gasthuber

Micheal Voit

Oliver Storz

Wolfgang Reichle

A tribological coating made of a copper-free highly hypereutectic aluminum/silicon alloy and/or of a copper-free aluminum/silicon composite material composed such that fine silicon primary crystals and/or silicon particles, intermetallic phases, and oxides form as hard particles during the production of the layers in the atmospheric thermal spraying method and/or are anchored in the structure. The surface of the coating can be machined economically by short-chipping using conventional tools, so that additional alloy elements such as copper for forming additional intermetallic phases such as Al,Cu can be eliminated. This is significant because conventional AlSi cylinder liners in reciprocating engines pose problems in conjunction with certain fuels because of their copper content.

Coating consisting of hypereutectic aluminum/silicon alloy and/or an aluminum/silicon composite material

A coating for a cylinder bore of a reciprocating engine with an iron, aluminum, or magnesium base comprises a hypereutectic aluminum/silicon alloy. The alloy is applied to a cylinder wall by thermal spraying.

Coating for a cylinder of a reciprocating engine

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Leutenbach, Germany

Helmut Proefrock