MARLON1211
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can this be done. i dont know if Finishline coating can do turbos.
MARLON1211":3kmly3ck said:can this be done. i dont know if Finishline coating can do turbos.
billprice":21ampt5m said:BOTH housings can be coated.
Wraith":2gv56aca said:I have the chanceto talk to a very knowledgable engineer here at my work.. His name is Mike Kimbrell and he is the number 1 engineer for metalergy for BP America/UK ...
But anyway we talk about ceramic coats and why 300 series stainless crack and why the ceramic coats would affect the metal... Well, basically he answered like this ... Certain ceramic coats has a chloride ( spell check pls) base ... Chlorides affect 300series or any type of metal where it actually lowers the heat rating of a certain metal. Lets say 321 stainless with its 1800+ heat rating would be drop to almost below a 1000 because of the chloride base...
We at the refinery are having major issues with Chlorides in our oil steams because its a by product of some of the crude we're running... Basically, chlorides becomes very acidric ( spell check again pls) at certain temperature and would actually start to eat away the metal and weakens it, some times to the point of corrosion ... Hell, we have 9 chrom metal that is suppose to withstand and any type of corrosive duties; get eaten away in a quarter of its service life.
So if your going to get ceramic coating on type of metal ... Make sure that the coatings they're using doesnt have a chloride base to it. ... I hope this is helpfull information ...