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Methods for making Aluminum Automotive Parts
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Methods for making Aluminum Auto Parts. Every single day, thousands of auto parts are made and produced by different auto companies: Chevrolet, Honda, Nissan, Toyota, and more. Many automotive parts are manufactured by net shape to save costs on additional labor and wasted materials. The metal aluminum is often used for car parts or [...]
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Toyota Automotives Recall Highlights Reliance on Suppliers
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A safety recall by Toyota of 2.3 million vehicles due to a problem with accelerator pedals made by U.S. firm CTS Corp. has highlighted the Japanese giant’s growing dependency on components that are not made in its factories.
Toyota is famous for its close contacts with suppliers in Japan, where it effectively owns many parts [...]
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Automotive Parts Go Die Casting
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Automotive Parts Go Die Casting. Manufacturing of automotive parts has grown as compared to the recent decades. As technology age, outcomes also become more advanced wherein they are now easier to make and have stronger properties.
With the use of aluminum automotive parts, production of economy cars has been very possible. [...]
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Intermet Automotive Castings Corp., is liquidating
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Intermet Corp., formerly based in Troy Michigan, but now based in Fort Worth, Texas, is liquidating.
The company was once one of the world’s largest independent makers of automotive castings, but has now ceased operations at two Virginia metal-casting plants, its last remaining foundry operations, a company official said.
Operations ended late last month at the Lynchburg [...]
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Pressure Die Casting Aluminum Automotive Parts vs Sand Casting
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Pressure Die Casting Aluminum Automotive Parts vs Sand Casting. Aluminum die casting has many advantages over other processes in making parts and housings for different things. For instance, when producing automotive parts, manufacturers would want their finished products to fit the expectations of their customers: lightweight, less expensive, long lasting, durable, strong, and [...]
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Methods for making Aluminum Automotive Parts
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Methods for making Aluminum Automotive Parts. Every single day, thousands of aluminum auto parts are made and produced by different auto companies: Chevrolet, Honda, Nissan, Toyota, and more. Many automotive parts are manufactured by net shape to save costs on additional labor and wasted materials. The metal aluminum is often used for car parts [...]
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Magnesium Auto Parts Make for Great Cars
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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 [...]
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$4 million for a Study on Displaced Autoworkers
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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 [...]
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Enhanced Performance of Cast Aluminum Pistons
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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, [...]
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Magnesium Compared to Aluminum
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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 [...]
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