Altair has announced the winners of the 8th Annual Altair Enlighten Awards. Presented jointly with the Center for Automotive Research, the competition acknowledges the world’s best initiatives to reduce vehicle weight and meet emissions targets, inspiring breakthrough advancements that push the industry towards a more sustainable future.
Additive manufacturing is being increasingly used for industrial applications. However, long production times currently inhibit its use in large-scale series production typical of the automotive industry. Combining conventional processes with AM can be one solution to meet this challenge.
2018 surprised with high growth rates and new record sales. However, there were also strong signs of a slowdown: Many automotive suppliers were confronted with declining margins.
For the seventh time, the technology company Altair once again presented the Enlighten Award to outstanding vehicle lightweighting solutions at the CAR Management Briefing Seminar 2019 in Traverse City (USA).
Digitization was at the focus of the ZF Global Supplier Summit. At this occasion, the ZF Suppliers Awards were presented to companies from Europe, Asia and North America.
The article series is dedicated to the changes and developments in the aluminum high pressure die casting industry. The first chapter deals with "Internationalization", as one of the four challenges, and its impact on booming new growth markets.
Electric vehicles are second or third cars for wealthy people, criticizes ZF boss Wolf-Henning Scheider — and calls for a "people's hybrid". His company is investing three billion euros in better hybrid technology, 800 million euros of which at the "flagship location" Saarbrücken.
This article series are dedicated to the changes and developments in the aluminum high pressure die casting industry: "Internationalization", "Product Portfolio", "Technologies" and "Employees".
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1730800/1730843/original.jpg "In the future, Kurtz GmbH will concentrate primarily on the business areas Automotive and Protective Solutions.")
/cdn4.vogel.de/infinity/white.jpg "In the future, Kurtz GmbH will concentrate primarily on the business areas Automotive and Protective Solutions.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1728900/1728942/original.jpg "\"We are excited to bring our extensive knowledge and evolving innovations into this long-term partnership.\"")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1727900/1727967/original.jpg "The five largest European sales markets all recorded double-digit falls.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1727300/1727335/original.jpg "Constellium has promoted the adoption of ASI Standards across the aluminum value chain, which require that the industry operates under a demanding set of governance, environmental and social criteria.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1711700/1711715/original.jpg "Micro section of a compound casting sample consisting of a structured aluminum insert (AlZnMgCu15 bottom) and aluminum die casting alloy (AlSi10MnMg, top).")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1731700/1731764/original.jpg "By using the app, no manual calculations have to be made and double entries are avoided.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1729300/1729362/original.jpg "This picture shows the quadruple application of disc milling cutters on control arms. The solid cutting surfaces provide an indication of the high drive power required.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1728900/1728975/original.jpg "\"We’re excited to work together with Honeywell Aerospace to further advance the industry through the qualification of even more advanced parameter sets for quad-laser systems used in qualified serial production.”")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1732300/1732316/original.jpg "Presented in four categories, the Enlighten Awards recognize commercial automotive lightweighting achievements and technologies.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1732800/1732845/original.jpg "Impulse lectures by top speakers and a panel discussion will take place at the Vogel Convention Center (VCC) Würzburg.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1732100/1732131/original.jpg "The BMW iX3 is already the third model in the BMW Group and the first in the BMW X series to be powered fully electrically.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1730900/1730987/original.jpg "According to RUSAL, the new foundry complex at the Boguchansky aluminium smelter will significantly expand the VAP line.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1716000/1716011/original.jpg "The technological change in the automotive industry away from the combustion engine and towards electrified and other alternative drives is also having an impact on the die casting industry.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1732300/1732316/original.jpg "Presented in four categories, the Enlighten Awards recognize commercial automotive lightweighting achievements and technologies.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1669000/1669070/original.jpg "This demonstrator shows how blistering (expansion of gases sealed in under pressure) is almost completely prevented by combining casting and AM. The demonstrator components for laser-powder buildup welding to implement scenario 2 were provided by Audi from an external foundry.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1596900/1596913/original.jpg "2018 surprised with high growth rates and new record sales - although there were also strong signs of a slowdown: many automotive suppliers were confronted with declining margins.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1600200/1600286/original.jpg "Ferrari’s Portofino was the winner in the Full Vehicle, low-volume production category. Innovative design approaches and manufacturing processes were applied to achieve a much lighter and stiffer Body-in-White structure.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1511900/1511960/original.jpg "As part of the Global Supplier Summit, ZF awarded seven prizes to its top suppliers.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1477900/1477931/original.jpg "In order to be prepared for the future, OEM-oriented foundries must position themselves internationally in the short term.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1507200/1507225/original.jpg "ZF CEO Wolf-Henning Scheider in Wolfsburg: \"There's really a lot of potential in hybrid technology.\"")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1509300/1509338/original.jpg "One of the main drivers of the changes in the die casting industry is the automotive industry.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1317100/1317144/original.jpg "GF Automotive acquires the light metal die casting expert Eucasting.")