Abstract: The invention relates to a sliding element, such as a piston ring, having a coating on at least one running surface, which comprises, from the inside out, an adhesive layer (10), a metal-containing, preferably tungsten-containing, DLC layer (12), and a metal-free DLC layer (14), and is characterised in that the ratio of the thickness of the metal-free DLC layer to the thickness of the metal-containing DLC layer ranges from 0.7 to 1.5 and/or to the overall thickness of the coating ranges from 0.4 to 0.6.

Abstract: The invention relates to a gliding element of an internal combustion engine, especially a piston ring, having a DLC coating of the ta-C type which has at least one residual stress gradient, a negative residual stress gradient being present in a center region (II) of the coating, when seen from the outside to the inside, said gradient being preferably smaller than in an inner region (III), the inner region (III) having a smaller layer thickness than the center region (II).

Abstract: A sliding member for an internal combustion engine includes: a substrate and a coating obtainable by thermally spraying a powder, having the element proportions of 55 to 75 wt % of chromium, Cr; 3 to 10 wt % of silicon, Si; 18 to 35 wt % of nickel, Ni; 0.1 to 2 wt % of molybdenum, Mo; 0.1 to 3 wt % of carbon, C; 0.5 to 2 wt % of boron, B; and 0 to 3 wt % of iron, Fe.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method wherein nanoparticle are first produced and then infused in the coating during the coating process by means of a PVD and/or CVD method. A sliding element comprises a coating formed by means of a PVD and/or CVD method comprising separately produced nanoparticles.

Abstract: The invention relates to a sliding element, which comprises a support and a coating applied by means of thermal spraying on the support, wherein the coating comprises at least two phases and at least one of the at least two phases is recessed in respect of the other phase of phases.

Abstract: The invention relates to a gliding element of an internal combustion engine, especially a piston ring, having a DLC coating of the ta-C type which has at least one residual stress gradient.

Abstract: In a method for coating a sliding element, in particular a piston ring or a cylinder liner of an internal combustion engine, DLC phases are embedded into a hard material layer as said hard material layer is deposited. A sliding element, such as a piston ring or a cylinder liner of an internal combustion engine, comprises a hard material layer with embedded DLC phases.

Abstract: A method for producing a dispersion-hardened object which contains carbide nanoparticles comprises producing an object by means of a thermal spraying method, wherein downstream of the combustion chamber, the gas flow is supplied by means of a carrier gas with at least one precursor which reacts in the gas flow to form a carbide, or carbide nanoparticles are supplied via an external nanoparticle generator which is subject to a thermal load. It allows the production of a dispersion-hardened object such as, for example, a component for an internal combustion engine, for example a piston ring. The method is carried out by means of a thermal spraying device which, downstream of the combustion chamber, besides at least one line for supplying a thermal spray powder, further comprises at least one line for supplying a precursor by means of a carrier gas.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to wear-resistant components for internal combustion engines, particularly piston rings, especiallly piston rings that feature a wear protection layer with iron base alloy on their surface that is subjected to wear and are characterized in that they are manufactured of a coating powder by means of high-velocity flame spraying (HVOF), wherein the coating is single-phase and comprises the elements Fe, Cr, V and C, and wherein VC forms mixed crystals and also leads to a dispersion strengthening. The present invention furthermore pertains to a method for manufacturing wear-resistant components for internal combustion engines, particularly piston rings, according to the present invention.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to wear-resistant components for internal combustion engines, particularly piston rings, that feature a wear protection layer with iron base alloy on their surface that is subjected to wear and are characterized in that the components are manufactured of a coating powder by means of high-velocity flame spraying (HVOF) and the coating is single-phase, wherein the proportions of the elements Fe, Cr, B and C in the wear protection layer are 45-75 wt.-% Fe, 15-40 wt.-% Cr, 1-10 wt.-% B and 0.1-5 wt.-% C. The present invention furthermore pertains to a method for manufacturing wear-resistant components for internal combustion engines, particularly piston rings, according to the present invention.