“When the rotor spins, there’s friction generated at the contacting surface between the vanes and the housing ... to lay down a wear-resistant coating. Pumps aren’t the only applications ...

One way to exploit this slipperiness is to coat the rotor blades in everyday pumps ... coating of just 2 microns (see image, top right) could reduce friction between the blades and their housing ...

mechanical boosters and magnetically levitated turbomolecular pumps to UNI Plasma, an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) based in Korea, for coating applications. UNI Plasma manufactures ...