Automobiles are using more aluminum products in response to ever increasing requirements for fuel-efficient, environmentally friendly, vehicles. A variety of new technologies are being developed for aluminum products. This article introduces the current status and trends of aluminum product technologies, with the main focus on sheets, extrusions, forgings and their peripheral technologies including numerical analysis and joining technology. Cost reduction is the major issue for aluminum products to be used more in the automobile applications. It is obviously important for an aluminum manufacturer to reduce cost of their products; however, total cost reduction will require application technologies of aluminum to draw the maximum benefit of using aluminum. Those technologies include cost and parts reductions of peripheral parts by utilizing recyclability and lightness of aluminum. Kobe Steel not only will keep supplying aluminum materials but also will promote cooperation with automobile and auto-parts manufacturers and develop aluminum technologies and products for automobile applications more comprehensively.
Wrought aluminum technologies for automobiles
Aluminiumknettechnologien für den Fahrzeugbau
Kobelco Technology Review ; 26 ; 55-62
2005
8 Seiten, 11 Bilder, 4 Tabellen, 20 Quellen
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
Anwendung im Fahrzeugbau , Fahrzeugbauteil , Aluminiumkupfermagnesiumlegierung , Knetlegierung , Schmiedelegierung , Aluminiumsiliciummagnesiumlegierung , Stoßfängerträger , Strangpressen (Metall) , hochfeste Legierung , Verbinden (Fügen) , Aluminiummagnesiumkupferlegierung , Aluminiummagnesiummanganlegierung , Leichtmetallkarosserieteil
Aluminum product application technologies for automobiles
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