Aluminum Space Frame

              Aluminum means light and fast.

              This is a rare engineering tour of “Youth Vitality, Mature Judgment and Technical Excellence” – this is what Chrysler said to the Plymouth pros. The update of the hot rod of the 1950s was a beautiful thing, and given its beauty is not just the deeper layers of the skin. The latter is the first American car to be designed from the ground up to develop aluminum technology. With a weight of 2,800 pounds, the Prowler is 50% lighter than traditional steel designs, featuring fast zipper, fuel efficiency and rust resistance without compromising crashworthiness and durability.

         As the world's largest aluminum company, Alcoa understands what aluminum can do. It helped develop the Prowler and the Audi A8, a German-made aluminum alloy that sparked in the high-end market. Both cars have an aluminum frame, a "space frame", similar to those used on airplanes, with attached aluminum body panels for smooth skin. The main objective is to compensate for the higher cost of light alloys and lower assembly costs by reducing the number of components. The body is not just the outer casing of the car; it is a technical highlight and provides a foundation for many qualities. Lightweight design, precision, stiffness, vehicle dynamics, safety and aerodynamics, it foresees the development of materials and processes for aluminum alloy space frame structures, where extruded profiles are interconnected by die-casting joints, by robotic welding or structural bonding The mixture is connected and the outer panel is fixed to an aluminum alloy (aluminum), steel or plastic.

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        In the foreseeable future of aluminum design, engineers will create new alloys to meet product requirements. ”