Future Trends

Ceramics and glasses have broad ranging applications in manufacturing technology and even wider application in domestic use. The properties that are linked with ceramic material call for extensive applications and more frequent use and such are seemingly possible in automotive industry. In spite the fact that a lot of automotive manufacturers have opted for ceramic material to replace steel but both of manufacturing methods & cost are hindrance. Specifically the cost of a component in ceramic is five to fifteen times that of equivalent steel component. Such prohibitive cost might be borne only if the improvement in performance is likely to be tremendous. But attempts are being built to improve performance and reduce cost.

The automotive components that have been replaced by those in ceramic throughout eighties are oxygen sensors, diesel glow plugs, catalyst supports, rocker arm pads, pre-combustion chambers and turbocharger rotors. However, they are utilized only in high efficiency and military engines.