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Magnesium Auto Parts Make for Great Cars
Magnesium Auto Parts Make for Great Cars. When automobiles are made, there is always a question about efficiency, power, and just looking really good. With the recent developments, magnesium auto parts make all of this easier and cheaper to attain.
Magnesium die casting is very lightweight. It is one-third lighter than aluminum, and also two-thirds lighter than steel. This translates to better efficiency for the car, as it consumes less fuel to actually move it. Magnesium is also very easy to mold, so die cast parts made out of magnesium can be formed into even the most complex shapes, for all the custom parts which consumers could think of.
In the past, there was an issue on recycling magnesium. Magnesium is a limited resource as most metals are, but recycling it worried manufacturers regarding its purity and usability. Recent innovations, however, have allowed manufacturers to improve the recycling process, ensuring enough magnesium for all the future cars to be made.
Magnesium’s characteristics have made auto parts manufacturing easier, while at the same time making cars work smoother and look nicer. Magnesium auto parts are great for the automobile industry – not only helping the manufacturers in their production process, but also giving customers their dream cars just as they want them.
Kinetic Die Casting is located in North Hollywood,California. KDC specializes in manufacturing zinc and aluminum alloy casting parts. If you would like a quote, please visit our website:Kinetic Die Casting Company
Kinetic Die Casting is a die casting company specializing in aluminum and zinc parts. If you would like to request a quote, please visit our website:Kinetic Die Casting Company
$4 million for a Study on Displaced Autoworkers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 18, 2009
Contact: Senator Levin’s Office
Phone: 202.224.6221
Levin Announces Funding for Labor Market Study on Displaced Autoworkers
Funds Made Available by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., announced $4 million for a study on displaced autoworkers to analyze changes in the auto industry and identify retraining opportunities to adapt to green jobs.
The funds, to be split by Michigan, Ohio and Indiana, are part of the U.S. Department of Labor’s State Labor Market Information Improvement grant program which aims to support the analysis of labor market data to assess economic activity in energy efficiency and renewable energy industries and identify occupations and skill requirements within those industries. The funding was made available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
“Just as Michigan was the manufacturing leader of the 20th century, it can be the leader in green jobs and manufacturing in the 21st,” Levin said. “This study and other programs like it will show that Michigan’s strong workforce can serve as the foundation for a clean energy economy the whole country will benefit from.”
The funding will be shared by state agencies in the three states, including the Michigan Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth. The priorities of the study will be to:
• Characterize the structural transformation from the “old” auto industry to the “new” and identify new skills and training requirements
• Identify the auto parts supply chain impacts of the auto industry structure transformation
• Identify alternative career path opportunities for dislocated auto parts workers for jobs in demand with an emphasis on those in the green economy; and
• Identify current and projected skill gaps of the auto and auto parts workforce and required training needed to compete for jobs in demand and green job opportunities.
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Enhanced Performance of Cast Aluminum Pistons
Federal-Mogul Corp. reports it has developed a new aluminum automotive piston design that withstands the mechanical and thermal loads produced by heavy-duty engines, making it a more reliable component for diesel engines. This will be important to automotive manufacturers seeking to build vehicles with smaller engines, to achieve lower CO2 emissions and better fuel economy, without compromising the vehicles’ power output.
In a diesel engine, combustion takes place in a hollow bowl in the top of the piston. Combustion temperatures may top 750 degrees F (400 degrees C) and pressures may exceed 200 Bar (200 x atmospheric pressure.) Under these combustion conditions, the rim of the piston bowl has an increased failure factor.
Federal-Mogul engineers identified thermal and mechanical failures factors for the piston bowl, and identified free primary silicon particles distributed throughout the aluminum matrix. Aluminum expands eight times more than silicon, so stresses are introduced within the piston every time temperature fluctuates. Also, the repeated mechanical loads could result in fatigue failure from the corners of the silicon particles.
Silicon cannot be eliminated from the aluminum alloy: It delivers low expansion properties and good castability. A previous solution to the problem is fiber-reinforcement, but fiber reinforcements increase manufacturing complexity.
Federal-Mogul’s new DuraBowl design involves pre-machining the cast piston and then re-melting the aluminum-silicon alloy around the rim of the bowl. Rapid cooling follows, which alters the alloy’s microstructure significantly by reducing the size of hardening phases such as silicon particles and intermetallics.
The result is a piston bowl rim which has its first few millimeters significantly strengthened to withstand temperature and pressure, thereby extending engine life four to seven times what may be achieved with a conventional cast piston.
“The strength and efficiency of our solution is that the process is physically simple,” stated Frank Doernenburg, Federal-Mogul director of technology, pistons and pins. “The sophistication is in the control of key parameters, which ensure consistent quality. The result is a technologically advanced, high-performing and very cost-competitive product when compared to both fiber-reinforced and steel pistons.”
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Magnesium Compared to Aluminum
Magnesium Compared to Aluminum – Which is a Better Alloy for Die Casting? Die casting is being hailed as one of the better innovations to come along in the manufacturing industry. Its contributions are very important – cheaper production costs and shorter production times. As such, continuous development regarding this process is being pushed for the benefit of the industry and its customers.
There, however, have been debates on which alloy to use for die casting. Two of these alloys which can be used are magnesium and aluminum. Each one has its own characteristics which make it one of the choices for manufacturers. Magnesium compared to aluminum – which one is a better alloy to use for die casting?
Aluminum has good resistance to corrosion and has high stability, which makes it ideal for complex shapes and thin walls. It also retains its strength at high temperatures, ideal for products which experience intense heat regularly – for example, automobile engines. Magnesium, on the other hand, has excellent strength or its weight, which is specifically ideal for products which need to be lightweight – for example, laptops and cellular phones.
More manufacturers are resorting to magnesium over aluminum due to these characteristics, though some still choose aluminum for certain cases. However, magnesium compared to aluminum has many more beneficial characteristics to the die casting process.
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Motor Trend Names Ford Fusion Car of the Year
DETROIT (AP) — The 2010 Ford Fusion was named Motor Trend magazine’s car of the year Tuesday, beating out the Toyota Prius, BMW 7-Series, Chevrolet Camaro and others in the closely watched competition.
It was yet another accolade for Ford Motor Co.’s midsize sedan, which got high reliability scores in the most recent rankings from Consumer Reports and was the top-selling car made by a Detroit automaker through October. U.S. Fusion sales were up 15 percent in the first 10 months of this year, to 148,045, despite a 25 percent drop in overall car sales.
Still, the mid-size Fusion continues to lag behind the Toyota Camry and Honda Accord – perennial leaders in the competitive U.S. mid-size market.
Motor Trend said the Fusion can compete with the Camry and Accord in performance, comfort and fuel efficiency. It praised Ford for offering several versions of the Fusion, including a fuel-efficient gas-electric hybrid and a sporty version with a V-6 engine.
“Ford has proven its resilience in these tough times by delivering to market a car with broad appeal to a broad range of consumers,” Motor Trend Editor in Chief Angus MacKenzie said in a statement.
Motor Trend considered 23 new or significantly refreshed vehicles. The Fusion, introduced in the 2006 model year, was redesigned for 2010 with a new lineup of engines and transmissions, new exterior and interior and new options, including the Sync entertainment system and a blind-spot warning system.
Derrick Kuzak, Ford’s group vice president of global product development, said the 2010 Fusion has a sportier look and better fuel economy than previous versions. It gets 34 miles per gallon on the highway when equipped with a four-cylinder engine and six-speed automatic transmission. The gas-electric hybrid version gets 41 miles per gallon in the city.
The Mercedes-Benz E-Class sedan, Buick LaCrosse, Lexus HS 250h and Hyundai Genesis coupe were among the cars Motor Trend considered. The Fusion also beat out other Ford models, including the Mustang sports car and Taurus sedan.
It was the first time a Ford car had won since 2003, when the Ford Thunderbird got the honor, Kuzak said. Ford’s 2009 F-150 was Motor Trend’s truck of the year last fall. The Nissan GT-R was the car of the year for 2009.
“It reinforces the progress that we’ve made, particularly on the car side of the business,” Kuzak told The Associated Press. “When people think of trucks they think Ford, but we needed to put Ford cars and crossovers in people’s consideration.”
Motor Trend conducts road tests on each vehicle and judges vehicles in six categories: design advancement, engineering excellence, intended function, efficiency, safety and value.
Source: www.manufacturing.net
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