Companies Collaborate on Wear, Friction Reduction Treatment Technology
Applied Nano Surfaces is partnering with Precision Finishing to support its component wear and friction reduction treatment technology — Triboconditioning CG in North America.
Edited byAngela Osborne
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David Chobany (second from right) joined the Precision Finishing management team for the collaboration announcement. The PF team included Dean Bell, Thom Bell, Jeffery Bell and Jeff Bell.
In its drive for innovative solutions to problematic component wear and friction,Applied Nano Surfaces (ANS)has expanded its North America footprint through a technology development and production partnership withPrecision Finishing Inc.
ANS has entered this strategic partnership with Precision Finishing to advance a unique variant of its core Triboconditioning technology, which is a patented process developed to provide for friction reduction and wear resistance on various steel and cast iron surfaces.
The variant, known as Triboconditioning CG (Complex Geometries), is a mechanochemical surface treatment process specifically engineered to address the outer complex geometries of components such as gears. Additional benefits of this treatment include improved surface finish and running in behavior, noise reduction (NVH), minimization and improvement for scuffing, pitting, rolling fatigue resistance as well as extending the product service life, the company says.
This partnership is said to bring together the knowledge and expertise of the ANS friction/wear reduction treatment technologies along with a high level of mechanical surface finishing processes and functional part optimization from Precision Finishing Inc.
“The synergy and combined expertise of our two companies will effectively service the quickly evolving market that is seeking solutions to enhance component value by increasing life along with minimizing friction, noise and other inherent issues such as pitting and scuffing,” says David Chobany, technology and sales director – Americas for Applied Nano Surfaces
This technology development and production partnership benefits both companies. “Triboconditioning CG is an exciting process and it is very synergistic with our business model,” says Jeffrey Bell, Precision Finishing’s director of business development & technologies. “We know our customers and partners will be able to leverage this technology to further optimize the functionality of their components.”
Customers said to benefit from this technology are varied and include major OEMs in automotive and truck powertrains, hydraulics, power generation, racing, gears and many others that produce rotating/sliding/mating components.
