Innovative Materials for Innovative Automobiles Inspiration Advanced Ceramics

Advanced Ceramics: Manifold Solutions to Challenging Problems Due to their unique material properties, advanced ceramics from CeramTec are among the most efficient materials of our time. They are indispensable for enhancing performance, safety, reliability and environmental compatibility in a wide variety of daily applications. Advanced ceramic materials make innovative solutions possible today and lead to groundbreaking advances tomorrow in vehicle and automotive engineering, electronics, energy and environment, equipment and mechanical engineering, and medical technology. Lightweight Electrically...

The Material that Drives Automotive Engineering

More efficient progress – with advanced ceramics International car manufactures face rising challenges: They must reduce emissions and fuel consumption, and further develop alternative drive systems. Environmental protection, lightweight design, hybridization and electrification, networking of vehicle electronics and communications systems, safety engineering, modular vehicle concepts and accelerated development cycles require innovative materials that meet the extreme requirements and provide exceptional properties. Developers, component manufacturers and suppliers are expected to provide high-performance...

Innovative Advanced Ceramics in Automotive Engineering Advanced Ceramics in Automotive Engineering Ceramic Tapes CeramTape® for the Production of Hybrides in Electronic Control Systems and Lambda Sensors Foundry Cores for Piston and Precision Casting Piezoceramic Ring to detect Signals in the Knock Sensor Valve Plates in the Common Rail Injection System Face Seals in the Coolant Water Pump Cyrol® Ceramic Rollers for Camshafts Actuator-Technology and Piezoceramic Tapes in Injection Systems Lasered Substrates as Hybrid Circuit in Control Units (eg. Clutch Transmission) and for Electrical Isolation...

CeramCool® for Battery Thermal Management, Voltage Converter, Propulsion Control and Brake Energy Recuperation Resistor Cores for Resistors in Electronic Circuits Inductor Cores for Inductors in Electronic Circuits Welding Pins and Gas Nozzles for MAG Welding in Auto Body Production Side Disc in the Fuel Pump CeramCool® for Xenon-, LED- and Laser Lighting Technology Air Ultrasonic Transducer for Interior Monitoring and Parking Assistant Riser Tubes and Sprue Bushes to Cast Components for Chassis and Powertrain as well as Rims in Aluminium Control Disc in the ABS Modulator Perlucor® Transparent...

For More Durable Components Long service life under extreme conditions Components used in engine, drive, exhaust gas systems and powertrains are subject to the greatest stress and various influences by being exposed to extreme pressure and temperature, splash water and shocks – perfect conditions for advanced ceramics, which are very lightweight, extremely heat-resistant, wear-resistant, corrosion-resistant as well as thermally and electrically insulating. Due to their extraordinary reliability, these components operate in core functions where conventional materials fail. In engines, heat-resistant...

For Reliable Electronic Functions Reliably control signals and provide the right light Vehicle engineering is changing. E-mobility and the complex networking of vehicle systems require integrated electronics solutions. Airbags must function as reliably as electronically controlled hydraulic or mechanical components in vehicles. Even when subjected to severe thermal and electrical stresses or pushed to driving limits, advanced ceramics fulfill their tasks with maximum reliability. Piezo-ceramic sensors have key measurement and control functions in all areas of vehicle engineering. They act as...

For More Innovative Lightweight Design Solutions Low weight, high endurance Ceramic materials are lightweight and extremely durable. They open up new prospects for engineers and designers in lightweight construction, design and protection applications. For example, Metal Matrix Composites (MMC) with ceramic materials are used in lightweight design to reduce weight, fuel consumption and emissions. Ceramic particles are applied at specific places to reinforce light metals in order to withstand high tribological, mechanical and/or thermal loads, e.g. in cylinder sleeves, pistons, brakes or bearings....

For More Efficient Production Processes Higher cycle speed, greater efficiency and safety More speed, precision and better quality: Innovative materials and tool solutions give manufacturers a competitive edge for welding, forming, casting and machining processes in vehicle engineering. The SPK ® tool portfolio comprising ceramic and PCBN cutting materials and custom tool systems makes it possible to optimize process reliability, efficiency, production times and cost. For products with maximum precision and perfectly tuned surface qualities. Carmakers and automotive suppliers worldwide use these...

Special Ceramic Materials for the Highest Demands Silicon nitride Silicon carbide Aluminum nitride Extremely lightweight, oxide ceramic material crystal structure, pseudo-elastic under stressed components components that purity. CeramTec mechanical tension: reduce inertia forces offers low-density, lightweight material component strengths higher temperatures. • Very high hardness • Excellent corrosion ject to high stress, e.g. nitride materials have very high application aluminium metallurgy • High mechanical excellent properties: • Extremely high • Thermal shock • High thermal fracture toughness...

The complex interaction of various components and parts in vehicle engineering requires ceramic materials that meet the highest demands with precision and reliability – and feature a property profile custom-tailored to the specific application. CeramTec offers the ideal, custom-tailored advanced ceramics with individual property combinations for every automotive industry requirement thanks to its wide range of materials. Transparent ceramics Aluminum titanate Silicate ceramic Newly developed This material does This functional ceramic transparent material Metal Matrix processing conditions, high...