In order to meet rising technical and social demands in times when fossil energy is getting scarce and environmental regulations rise, the use of light metals increases in most domains of mechanical engineering. In the future, the automotive industry as well as the aircraft industry as one of the first employers of weight reduced components have great interest in the development of innovative materials and process technologies. This paper presents an overall view of the fundamentals for forging and sheet metal forming processes of magnesium and aluminium wrought alloys. It gives an extensive comparison of forming parameters and both mechanical and physical properties of the investigated alloys and also displays a selection of typical lightweight forming parts for the automotive industry. The paper clearly shows the pros and cons of light metals in forming processes and applications which define the scope of formed lightweight parts for the automotive industry.
Comparative study of massive and sheet lightweight components formed of different lightweight alloys for automotive applications
Vergleichende Untersuchung von Massiv- und Blechleichtbauformteilen aus verschiedenen Leichtmetallegierungen für die Autoindustrie
2000
8 Seiten, 12 Bilder, 1 Tabelle, 15 Quellen
Conference paper
English
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