The Aluminum and Steel Battle in Automotive Applications
Author: Daniel J. Schaeffler, Ph.D. First published in the May 2018 issue of MetalForming Magazine The aluminum and steel industries continuously battle for supremacy in becoming the metal of choice in automotive body construction. This makes sense—with about 2 tons of sheetmetal purchased for each of the 17-million vehicles sold annually in the United States, there isn’t another industry that offers such high-volume sales opportunities. Each metal grade provides critical [...]