Ceramic Coating

Ceramic coating of mechanical parts has been around in the high-tech aeronautics and aerospace industries for decades.  Elite auto racing teams began to ceramic coat parts shortly after a few years.  Today, many manufacturers, shops, and automotive boutique brands will ceramic coat parts.  

Ceramic Coating is what the name implies.  Ceramic Coating items is the process of applying a ceramic film directly over a surface.  A non-stick cooking pan is similar to a ceramic-coated part.  The non-stick allows food to not stick to the pan.  Ceramic coated parts can handle higher temperatures and are significantly more durable than non-ceramic coated parts.  In terms of engines and gearboxes, ceramic coating can significantly increase efficiency by dramatically reducing friction.

Friction Is The Enemy

Any time you have two metal surfaces come in contact with each other, friction is produced.  The oil in your engine, transmission, differential, or gearbox is there to allow these surfaces to move against each other while producing the least amount of friction possible.  All oils have a limit to the amount of heat and pressure they can withstand before failing and allowing the metals to rub unprotected.  When this happens, the metals can wear quickly and cause part failure.

How is Ceramic Coating Different?

Ceramic Coating is Extremely Durable

Ceramics can tolerate tremendously high temperatures, well above the temperatures that can burn off most oils.  Ceramics also resist scratching and pitting that normally deteriorate untreated metal surfaces.  

Ceramic Coating Improves Metal Surfaces

All metal has small imperfections at the surface level.  These imperfections can catch or grab onto other surfaces which increases friction.  Ceramic coating fills in these imperfections and the surface becomes much smoother resulting in dramatic reductions in friction.

This makes ceramic-coated items very slick compared to uncoated items.  A good example of this is vehicle finishes.  Water and dirt will not stick to a ceramic-coated automotive finish. A properly ceramic-coated vehicle will not require polishing or waxing for a long period and will shine much more clearly than a vehicle without ceramic coating.

Advantages to Ceramic Coating Your Engine, Transmission, and Gearbox

Ceramic Coating Your Engine

Ceramic Coating your engine leads to some remarkable benefits.  Because ceramic coating dramatically reduces the friction inside your engine, your engine will "free up" or run much more efficiently.  This allows the engine to utilize the fuel it burns to propel the vehicle and not waste some of this energy overcoming internal friction.  The benefits will include:

• Reduction in Engine Noise
• Smoother Acceleration
• Higher Horsepower
• Lower Operating Temperatures
• Fuel Economy Increases

These benefits are the result of the internal parts inside your engine moving freely and surface friction being reduced or even eliminated.

Ceramic Coating In Your Gearbox, Differential, or Transmission

Gearboxes and Transmissions deal with tremendous heat, high-pressure loading, and extreme shock as they channel the power from the engine to drive the wheels.  These components depend on metals moving freely to provide clean shifting at precise points.  Reducing or eliminating friction inside these components allows for better operation including:

• Smoother Transition Between Gears
• Lower Operating Temperatures
• Better Gear Engagement
• Less Gear Wear
• Longer Part Life

Is It Hard To Ceramic Coat My Engine?

Ceramic Coating engine parts used to be a difficult and expensive job.  Today many places can ceramic coat parts sent to them or you can buy ceramic-coated engine and drivetrain parts.  Both of these options demand that you take your engine or drivetrain apart to install the new parts, then put the engine or drivetrain back together.

TriboDyn makes ceramic coating your engine, transmission, and gearbox as simple as changing your oil.  TriboDyn patented the process to blend ceramic coating with premium synthetic and synthetic blend oils. By switching your oil to TriboDyn, you can get the benefits of ceramic coating without the cost and the hassle of traditional ceramic coating. 

TriboDyn's Ceramic Film

It is worth noting that TriboDyn releases a ceramic film on the internal metal surfaces inside your engine or gearbox.  Ceramic coated parts have the ceramic coating baked onto the part.  TriboDyn's ceramic film will re-apply as the oil circulates.  TriboDyn's ceramic film will NOT build up or change tolerances, which is critical in today's smaller high-output engines.  Additionally, the ceramic film in TriboDyn does not build up on sensors.