Page 11 - Motor Fan illustrated Special Edition

Thin sheets Thick sheets
Tailored blanking

Thick sheets Aluminum sheet parts Unified through joining create components

Pressed to

Comparison of different joining methods

Joining efficiency (speed m/min) Quality Cost
Method 1 mm/1 mm 1 mm/2 mm property Formability Device Shielding
Tensile
Thickness:
Thickness:
gas
Stretch forming Deep drawing

FSW Base material Base material Base material Not
part
fracturing
part
The first-generation Audi R8 was the first mass-market 2.0 ~ 4.0 2.5 ~ 3.5 (5000 series) fracturing fracturing Medium needed
automobile to employ tailored blanking.

Tailored blanking is a production method that involves joining YAG Base material Base material Base material
part
fracturing
part
materials of differing thicknesses or qualities before press forming laser 2.0 ~ 4.0 2.0 ~ 4.0 (5000 series) fracturing fracturing Expensive Needed
them. Since it is possible to position materials of differing
strengths, thicknesses, and qualities only where they are required,
Arc
the method contributes greatly to weight reduction. welding ~ 1.2 ~ 1.2 Base material Welded Base material Inexpensive Needed
part
part
fracturing
(5000 series) fracturing fracturing
Excellent Good Acceptable May require further consideration

Adhesion Motor Fan illustrated

High-adhesive strength ALUMINUM AUTOMOBILE TECHNOLOGY
pre-coated aluminum alloy sheet

Cockpit cross-car beam created by joining Aluminum alloy sheet material with a
aluminum alloy and resin. coating that is highly adhesive to resin
is used to support the weather strip.

KO treatment sheet:
high-adhesion aluminum 11
sheet surface processing
Adhesive pre-coat
aluminum alloy sheet
UACJ Corporation’s KO processed
aluminum sheet is covered with a Dendritic porous layer
high-adhesion oxide layer with a 200 nm to 250 nm Polypropylene
resin
complex porous and dendritic
configuration.
Barrier layer
10 nm to 20 nm Weather strip
Brazing

Automobile heat exchangers are produced by assembling multi-hole flat
tubes and corrugated brazing sheets. To reduce weight and enhance
performance, heat exchanger materials are made thinner, so corrosion
proofing is vital.

Intercooler
The core part of an intercooler is made of
aluminum alloy, and the fins and tubes are
braised to form a single unit.