Chementator: A hard coating promises to reduce wear and power use in rotating equipment
| By Edited by Gerald Ondrey
Researchers at the U.S. Dept. of Energy’s (DOE; Washington, D.C.) Ames Laboratory (www.ameslab.gov) and Iowa State University (both of Ames, Iowa) have developed a hard, smooth coating that can be applied to industrial equipment, such as pumps,…