A Greek startup is looking for coatings to be used in a newly designed petrol internal combustion engine prototype for supplier or subcontracting agreement

The Greek engineering startup has developed a patented innovative mechanism that converts rotary to reciprocating motion and vice versa. It is a replacement for the traditional crankshaft mechanism, which is found everywhere. The mechanism can be used in internal combustion engines, pumps, compressors, and expanders. This mechanism comprises of two symmetric annular undulated stators and an annular undulated rotor. The upper and lower undulated surfaces of the rotor are symmetric to those of the stators respectively. The rotor slides on both stators simultaneously, with every point of the rotor conducting a smooth undulated move. The mechanism can be used in a variety of internal combustion engines where it can replace the traditional crankshaft mechanism to convert the reciprocating motion of the piston to rotary motion in the main axle. It can also work conversely and turn rotary movement to reciprocal, and it can be used in several types of piston pumps & compressors. It can either replace the crankshaft that drives the piston, or it can use the area between the individual less components as the chamber, with the working liquid being compressed in-between the moving parts. The company is looking for manufacturers or suppliers of coatings such as ceramic or DLC (diamond-like carbon) coatings that provide good hardness, low wear and low friction coefficient for use in the mechanism. The types of partnership considered is supplier or subcontractor agreement.