Advanced Ceramic Materials For Automobile And Other Engines

Ceramtec advanced ceramics play a vital role in increasing safety cost effectiveness and comfort in vehicle and automotive engineering.

Advanced ceramic materials for automobile and other engines.

Advanced ceramics materials are incorporated into automotive designs when demanding conditions require a material that is robust and reliable. This article briefly describes two important automotive applications of modern advanced ceramics support structures for catalytic converter elements and various. Ceramic technologies for automotive industry ceramics have a wide range of applications in the current automotive industry sector. Our advanced ceramic materials offer superior dimensional stability shock resistance strength stiffness and chemical resistance across a wide range of temperatures.

Piezo ceramic components act as sensors for electronic controls and provide them with information on the vehicle s quiet engine operation position and changes in direction. The thermal and electrical properties of ceramic materials allow them to be used in a variety of sensors mechanical seals ceramic bearings and valves. This article reports on a study of the economics of replacing certain metallic automobile valve train components with ceramic components. Examples include spark plug insulators catalysts and catalyst supports for emission control devices and sensors of various kinds.

Although the progress in industrial application of structural ceramics was over forecast in the last decade the materials appear to be on the cusp of application in certain automotive components. We work with automotive customers developing and manufacturing reliable durable and cost effective components for today s demanding high tech vehicle applications.