The Polymer Piston at the 10th EFRC conference
During the 2016 EFRC conference in Düsseldorf, a paper was presented which marked the completion of the R&D work by […] (more…)
Entries by Thomas Wentzel
Panacea extends into cooled piston rod
A recent development concerns technology to improve the heat balance along the piston rod. The benefit, especially for unlubricated applications would […] (more…)
Quick Scans confirm mass reductions
In recent months, several studies have been finished for Panacea Customers throughout the industry. Ever since the launch of the […] (more…)
Ultra light pistons
Often, the baseline technology may already offer 50% mass reduction or more. However, if mass reduction is really critical, further savings will become interesting. These are indeed possible by employing (more…)
Hot applications
Where weight reduction is brought about by the use of composite materials, upper temperature limits are a valid concern. Whereas the baseline technology provides a widely applicable temperature resistance, a (more…)
Very large pistons
Obviously, the larger the pistons will offer drastic weight reduction in absolute terms. Panacea manufacturing concepts allow such large designs to be made into reality, retaining the economics of the (more…)
Barrel type
When piston length can be or needs to be roughly equal to its diameter, we propose the baseline Panacea configuration of tailor-designed sleeve, Panacea core and a shaft that adjusts (more…)