Ein Kolbenring (10) weist eine Lauffläche (12) und Flankenflächen (14) auf, die beschichtet sind, wobei die oberste Schicht der Lauffläche (12) eine wasserstoffhaltige oder wasserstofffreie DLC-Schicht ist, und dadurch gekennzeichnet ist, dass die obers...

The sliding element comprises a diamond-like-carbon (DLC) coating (12) on a substrate of the sliding element, and a material (20-40%) softer than DLC that is embedded in the surface of the DLC coating with which the sliding element comes into contact with ...

A piston ring which is provided with a carbon-based coating which has a low friction property and wear resistance, that is, a piston ring which has a carbon-based coating formed over its sliding surface, in which piston ring, the coating is a multilayer co...