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I was under the impression that the CSS process is significantly different to the the ceramic coating used by Mavic and therefore could not be termed as such.
I could well be mistaken. I'll do more thorough reading on the subject and get back to you.If you have any pertinent info and and links on this subject do tell me.
t_w-
If you have any pertinent info and and links on this subject do tell me.
This looks to have been lifted verbatim from Rigida/Ryde promotional material, although the stuff that's actually on various Rigida/Ryde sites now seems to a: have lost something in translation and b: been oversimplified for a non-technical audience. This image claims Mach 7 for second generation CSS, which is pretty impressive when general plasma spraying companies talk about speeds of up to Mach 2, so Rigida might be awfully clever.
If you want to while away an enjoyable evening, have a look through some research papers on splat formation as a function of particle velocity and temperature :-)
gbj_tester
Perhaps you can explain to us what it is then, if a metal carbide (ceramic) applied to a surface (coating) is not a ceramic coating. It's may not be the same ceramic as Mavic use, but it's plasma sprayed just like Mavic's process.