Altair and the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) have announced the winners of the 5th annual Altair Enlighten Award, which strives to promote and celebrate innovation in automotive lightweighting. The winner of the Full Vehicle category was the 2017 Chrysler Pacifica, which is an impressive 249 pounds (113 kilograms) lighter than its predecessor. Toyota’s carbon fiber Read More
Doosan Machine Partners with 5ME Cryogenics Machining
5ME (Warren, MI) and Doosan Machine Tools America (DMTA: Pine Brook, NJ) have joined forces to showcase the advantages of cryogenic machining. Benfits include faster processing, longer tool life, increased part quality and lower environmental impact in production applications. “Cryogenic machining is particularly suited to processing tough materials like titanium, diesel and Read More
Carbodeon Develops Nickel-PTFE-Nanodiamond Coatings
New coatings combine high wear resistance with low friction in both adhesive and abrasive conditions Applications wherever surfaces require low friction and high wear resistance including automotive, plastics forming moulds, military, printing and textiles machinery Helsinki, Finland – 29 June 2017: Nanodiamond material specialist Carbodeon of Finland has worked with Read More
‘Just One Word: Plastics’
At Norma Group, plastics to have big role Norma Group SE (Maintal, Germany), a global market leader in engineered joining technology, expects plastics to play a key role in helping manufacturers in a wide variety of industries meet future needs for lighter components to reduce weight and meet environmental goals. Engineers in the automotive, marine and aerospace industries are Read More
Less Wait for Weight Cuts
A North Carolina shop uses composites to reduce weight What is 30 to 40% lighter than aluminum and twice as strong? Answer: composite structures made with epoxy impregnated carbon fiber. The material provides the weight advantage and the component’s geometry determines its strength characteristics. Since weight reduction is so critical to improved racing car performance, Read More
R&D Aids Aluminum Use
Aluminum is in the middle of industry lightweighting efforts For global automakers, removing weight from their vehicles remains the top priority as they seek ways to meet a stringent federal fuel economy mandate by 2025 and other new pollution-control regulations. And, increasingly, they look to aluminum producers and extruders to help do just that. The lightweight metal is Read More