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In the current scenario, durable exhaust system design, development and manufacturing are mandatory for the vehicle to be competitive and challenging in the automotive market. Material selection for the exhaust system plays a major role due to the increased warranty requirements and regulatory compliances. The materials used in the automotive exhaust application are cast iron, stainless steel, mild steel. The materials of the exhaust systems should be heat resistant, wear and corrosion resistant. Stainless steel is the most commonly used material in the automotive exhaust system. Due to increasing cost of nickel and some other alloying elements, there is a need to replace the stainless steel with EN 8 steel. Recent trends are towards light weight concepts, cost reduction and better performance. In order to reduce the cost and to achieve better wear and corrosion resistance, the surface of the EN 8 steel is modified with coatings.

Brake disc provides friction force with minimum weight loss on application of brake. The pad material only experiences more wear and friction. Disc and pad materials are selected to give a stable and high coefficient of friction (0.25-0.40). COF is directly proportional to braking force generated and inversely proportional to the stopping distance. The aim of the study is to identify a new material for replacement of pad material in practice. In this study, wear, hardness and friction properties of E glass fiber with epoxy resin and cashew friction dust composite are studied and compared with brake pad material in practice. The hardness was measured using shore hardness tester. The wear and friction was measured using the pin on disc wear testing machine. The pad material was made as pin with cast iron as the disc material for wear studies. The wear studies were conducted for various load conditions and sliding velocities.

Cryogenic treatment has a good potential to significantly increase the service life of automotive components, where friction and wear are the major factors in their operation leading to failure. Cryogenic treatment changes the surface as well as the core properties of the component in comparison with other treatments. It has significant improvement in wear and toughness. Numerous studies have been conducted on cryogenic treatment of steels and tool steels showing significant improvements in wear resistance, only minimal work has been done in cast irons. In this study, the effect of cryogenic treatment on the wear resistance, hardness, tensile strength, toughness and microstructure of spheroidal graphite iron was assessed. The deep cryogenic treatment was carried out at 87K for 12h and annealed in the chamber itself. The samples were tempered at 473K for 1 h.