Development of an all-aluminum automotive body

✍ Scribed by Yasuo Muraoka; Hiroya Miyaoka

• Book ID: 103957519
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1993
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 1020 KB
• Volume: 38
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0924-0136
• DOI: 10.1016/0924-0136(93)90042-5

✦ Synopsis

To develop Honda's all-aluminum automotive body, many technical problems have had to be overcome, amongst which, the establishing of a press-forming technology was one of the most difficult. The aim was to give aluminum plate the same level of formed quality as that of steel plate, even though aluminum plate has a poorer formability than that of steel plate. For this purpose, it was required to develop and advance suitable technologies concerning the material, the die and the forming plan, with each of these items being closely related.

This paper describes the detailed development and the various technical problems overcome, both up to the start of mass production of the all-aluminum body, and in the development concept.