Abstract: The friction surface of a cast iron side wall member for a rotary piston engine is hardened by iontriding in an electrical glow discharge in a gas atmosphere containing nitrogen, after coating the areas not to be hardened, to inhibit glow discharge at those areas.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 11, 1974
Date of Patent:
July 27, 1976
Assignee:
Electrophysikaische Anstalt Bernard Berghaus