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Journal: AM&P Technical Articles
AM&P Technical Articles (2021) 179 (8): 16–22.
Published: 01 November 2021
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The conclusion of this article series reviews the lasting impact of Ford’s extensive use of aluminum on some of its most popular, high-volume vehicles. It addresses future prospects for aluminum auto body sheet (ABS) production and challenges associated with electric vehicle development.
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Journal: AM&P Technical Articles
AM&P Technical Articles (2021) 179 (1): 24–30.
Published: 01 January 2021
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Ford’s aluminum F-150 venture was now entering the development phase, with teams in place that would spend the next 18 months designing both the truck and the facilities to produce it.
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Journal: AM&P Technical Articles
AM&P Technical Articles (2020) 178 (5): 26–31.
Published: 01 July 2020
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Ford begins to reassess its capacity to develop and launch an aluminum-intensive platform on its own. This article discusses the planning for the aluminum-bodied F-150 in the context of the difficult economic conditions that Ford and the rest of the industry were operating under during the 2008-2010 period.
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Journal: AM&P Technical Articles
AM&P Technical Articles (2019) 177 (8): 24–28.
Published: 01 November 2019
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Industry consolidation, lubricant concerns, and springback issues continued to test automakers and materials producers as they worked toward aluminum-intensive vehicles in the first decade of the twenty-first century.
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Journal: AM&P Technical Articles
AM&P Technical Articles (2019) 177 (6): 25–30.
Published: 01 September 2019
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Automakers and aluminum producers make headway in lightweight vehicle development in the 1990s and early 2000s.
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Journal: AM&P Technical Articles
AM&P Technical Articles (2019) 177 (4): 20–25.
Published: 01 May 2019
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Launching an aluminum vehicle into production is a far greater challenge than building a fleet of prototypes. This installment in the series reviews progress made in the 1990s.
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Journal: AM&P Technical Articles
AM&P Technical Articles (2019) 177 (3): 18–23.
Published: 01 April 2019
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The largest and heaviest component in a car is the body structure, so it was only natural to make this the focus of advanced R&D in the 1970s and 1980s for aluminum auto body applications.
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Journal: AM&P Technical Articles
AM&P Technical Articles (2019) 177 (1): 24–30.
Published: 01 January 2019
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When the first aluminum hood launched in 1977, the mills were delivering rectangular blanks separated by paper to protect the delicate outer surfaces. This article reviews important advances in aluminum forming and heat treating in the latter part of the twentieth century.
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Journal: AM&P Technical Articles
AM&P Technical Articles (2018) 176 (8): 14–20.
Published: 01 November 2018
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As the American car companies moved toward the use of aluminum auto body sheet in the early 1970s, they brought with them a mindset very different from that of the aerospace industry.
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Journal: AM&P Technical Articles
AM&P Technical Articles (2018) 176 (6): 14–19.
Published: 01 September 2018
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In the early 1950s, European carmakers faced stringent fuel economy targets that their American counterparts would only confront 20 years later. This article reviews developments in Europe from the post-war period to the 1970s.
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Journal: AM&P Technical Articles
AM&P Technical Articles (2018) 176 (5): 18–24.
Published: 01 July 2018
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When the Big Three automakers started thinking about replacing steel sheet with aluminum, they found an industry vastly different from the Alcoa-dominated world of the pre-war era. This article describes developments from the period after World War II thorough the early 1970s.
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Journal: AM&P Technical Articles
AM&P Technical Articles (2018) 176 (4): 22–26.
Published: 01 May 2018
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The early days of aluminum development occurred between 1886 and 1948, when the aluminum and automotive industries were both new and undergoing rapid changes in technology and scales of production.
