MotoGP | The white circle changes color with nanotechnology!
The Marchesini, Brembo group company that manufactures wheels for MotoGP, supplied to Ducati, Aprilia and Suzuki rims with a special paint that turns purple on the track. Two results are obtained thanks to a treatment with nanotechnologies: it saves weight and, mostly, 80 percent infrared rays are neutralized. Thanks to refraction, indeed, the temperature of the front tire is also better controlled, preserving it from wear and tear in competition runs.
Very curious things happen in MotoGP: if you look at a motorcycle (Ducati, Aprilia or Suzuki) that comes out of the pits with a white front circle, we should not be surprised if it turns purplish when it is engaged on the track at full speed.
At the Sachsenring we have revisited this phenomenon, after noticing it briefly already in Barcelona: We should not be surprised at all because it is the result of the great work that Marchesini's technicians have done on the wheels of the MotoGP.
Jack Miller, Ducati Team Photographer: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Images
What it is? The application of new nanotechnologies in the paint of the rims that allows to achieve two important objectives: first - reduce the weight of the 70 percent, compared to a traditional treatment; second - generate a refraction of 80 percent of infrared rays and the 30 percent of those generated by the disk.
Marchesini MotoGP rim that turns purple with nanotechnologies that refract infrared rays
Result? That the surface of the rim changes color and turns from white to shades of purple or blue when the nanotechnologies come into action thanks to which it is possible to protect the wheel and, then, the rubber that will be helped to be preserved from possible overheating.
It is clear that this solution can be particularly useful in racing to reduce tire degradation in particularly hot events such as those of the summer season..
And since the Sachsenring is the most demanding track for Michelin tires, with the left side shoulder being super-worked with very low grip, it should not be surprising if all the solutions useful to limit wear problems are tested.
We can be proud that innovations like this are being proposed by Italian companies such as Marchesini, the rim manufacturer that is part of the Brembo galaxy, a sign that research remains one of the aspects that lead to investing important figures in motorsport.
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Falleti brings 50 thousand tricolor masks to the Monza GP
12 SEPTEMBER 2021
He signed an agreement with the circuit management and supplied them to the staff on the track "For years we have been suppliers of some teams with our light paints"
The weekend at full speed that fans of the world of Formula 1 are preparing to live on the Monza circuit with the Italian Grand Prix, on its final day, for the first time, a company founded by the Sassuolo entrepreneur Gian Luca Falleti will also be the protagonist. Nanoprom Chemicals, indeed, has signed an agreement with the management of the historic circuit, for which it will provide the public and all the track staff with 50 thousand patented surgical masks with tricolor elastics, which will make it even safer, spectacular and "made in Italy" the great show of the Formula 1.
«For years - explains Falleti - we have been partners and suppliers of various Formula teams 1 thanks to our lightweight paints, that practically since 2013 they always made us stand on the podium. With the covid-19 pandemic, our company has invested significant resources in anti-coronavirus research and, among the various solutions we have put into production, there are also surgical masks with high added value, those that we will provide to the public and to all the circuit staff during practice, the race and the post-race of the Italian Grand Prix. These are ultra light masks, that pollute 1/3 compared to those normally on the market and are also rainproof. Actually, these devices did their first tests on the Formula circuits 1 in the last two races, in Belgium and the Netherlands, having been worn by the Pirelli racing manager among others, Mario Isola. A Monza, But, there will be distribution in a big way ". The supply concerns the public and all the track staff with patented surgical masks with tricolor elastics, which will make it even safer, spectacular and "made in Italy" the show of the Formula 1.
In addition to the masks, the commitment of Nanoprom Chemicals in contrasting the spread of covid-19 has materialized in recent months in various respects. Recently, for example, the company launched BV-Stop, a special odorless and non-toxic coating, applicable on all surfaces, which kills viruses beyond the 98% and bacteria of over 99%, remaining active with a single application up to 5 years.
Nanoprom Chemicals was born in 2011 in Sant’Antonio di Casalgrande on the initiative of the entrepreneur Gian luca Falleti. Right from the start, the company specialized in the study and development of nanomaterials and light paints. Shortly after its foundation, Nanoprom Chemicals launches Polysil, internationally awarded product (Qualitec Award 2011 al Seatec) and still used worldwide for the protection of polymer-based surfaces (gelcoat and paints), metals, alloys and glass.
Today, Nanoprom is a leading supplier of light coatings and nanomaterials in several sectors, by the aeronautics, to the marina, to the Formula 1. The company has also distinguished itself in the last two years for being alongside law enforcement agencies and associations, of the Modenese and Reggiano front, providing them with equipment and devices for the safety of individuals and their vehicles.
