It takes a well-trained eye, but in the Barcelona test has made its debut on some cars a new product of Nanoprom, The company of Sassuolo working in F1 for some years.
Having launched years ago Polysil, a silicon film formed by nanotechnology which is sprayed on the circles (it was a “liquid glass”) and guaranteed with a layer of a few microns high surface hardness was ensured thanks to which a thermal transmittance controlled and high abrasion resistance.
The painting of a traditional wheel F1 cost about 65 grams, while Polysil had fallen around 5 grams.
So much so that on subsequent applications F1 teams began to paint more and more consistent body parts. Gian Luca Falleti the Spanish test has brought a new discovery that will be used to create a great deal of attention.
It is a new adhesive film, attached cable that would have the property to protect surfaces from shocks and scratches.
In essence it would be found that the film equipped with the evolution Polysil would be able to protect areas particularly subjected to shocks: It is anti-adherent, and totally equipped with a high mechanical resistance, both the murble tire that small stones that make up the asphalt would not be able to damage turning vanes, barge board and flow diverters that, instead, They are subjected to long reconditioning work.
In addition, the lightness of the film and the low aerodynamic resistance are elements that have attracted the attention of the engineers of the teams. After experiments in Barcelona test, Nanoprom expect to see the film on the cars in Australia ...
[Source: it.motorsport.com]
