Posted Tuesday 27th January 2009 16:28 GMT
I'll have that diamond-bearing bike please! Nothing like it to make an impression on the roads these days. Beats a Tesla every time.
Posted Tuesday 27th January 2009 18:20 GMT
DLC is almost certainly diamond like carbon and not diamond like coating. This is a technology that has been around for donkey's years and is in wide use. It has even been used for example to coat loudspeaker radiators (tweeters) as it increases the bandwidth to beyond 40Khz in a typical design.
Probably Fraunhofer are looking for fundiing!
Posted Tuesday 27th January 2009 18:20 GMT
Just a scratchproof layer on glasses, cameras, etc.
Paris because i just applied to be in her new TV show.
Posted Tuesday 27th January 2009 18:20 GMT
"It would seem that for now a diamondball-bearing, while better than a soft golden one, might cost at least as much."
Or be worth as much? A Nice Little Earner that Trick ..... MetaPhysicians' Spell ... MkUltraSensitive MAJIC.
Crikey .... where's there a John le Carré to Capture the Chronicle of ReActions to Future HyperRadioProActivity . An Author Laureate?
Posted Tuesday 27th January 2009 20:00 GMT
Is that the title of the next James Bond movie?
Posted Tuesday 27th January 2009 21:47 GMT
for fugu 'nads then - stops you dieing if it just goes through your system.
Posted Wednesday 28th January 2009 00:38 GMT
And don't forget the other types of lubrication...
Posted Wednesday 28th January 2009 05:36 GMT
is to find a way to make these super hard-wearing bearings break down within two days of warranty expiration and they're all set for the consumer goods market...
Mine's the diamond one designed to fall to bits 15 seconds after I leave the pub, ta.
Posted Wednesday 28th January 2009 10:27 GMT
A boon for the reg, every time. Stereotypes FTW, who cares if it's old tech.
Posted Wednesday 28th January 2009 10:27 GMT
DLC and TiN (Titanium Nitride) coating is widely used to prevent stiction and reduce friction in high end (but quite common now) sports bike's fork tubes.
I guess the clever bit is coating a very small bearing...
Posted Thursday 29th January 2009 00:52 GMT
Have diamond coated glass on our POS Grocery scanners. After 10 years of use you can barely see a scratch on the glass.
Posted Thursday 29th January 2009 00:52 GMT
Diamond has one of the highest indices of refraction known to mankind. It might work as a scratchproof coding, but you'd need to change the shape of the base lens to take that into account.
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