• Author: Andrea Svendsen
• Author's Company: Light Metal Age
• Title: Automotive in a Mixed-Material World – GALM: Optimizing Design, Joining Techniques, and Material Capabilities, While Reducing Cost
• Volume: Vol. 72, No. 5
• Year: 2014
• No. Pages: 4
• Description: This article presents an overview of some of the presentations offered at the Global Automotive Lightweight Materials (GALM) conference, held in Detroit, MI, from August 20-21, which brought together executives and engineers from OEMs, tier suppliers, and material supplier companies to address these challenges in cost effectively incorporating lightweight materials and mixed-material solutions into their models. The event looked at how to apply a combination of materials (including aluminum, steel, composites, and magnesium) and how to determine the optimal joining and assembly processes in order to meet high volume manufacturing needs.
• Companies Mentioned: General Motors, Toyota Research Institute of North America, Chrysler, Lotus Engineering, Matuschek Messtechnik, Shiloh Industries, Novelis, RB&W, Aluminum Extruders Council(AEC), TOX Pressotechnik LLC, Aluminum Association’s AluminumTransportation Group (ATG), Tesla Motors
Product Code: art-00735