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Hydrostatic extrusion process for efficient production of magnesium structural components

MAGNEXTRUSCO

Project timeline
Start:
January 2002
Duration:
27 months
End:
March 2004
General Information
The problems arising from the growth in road traffic, especially passenger car traffic, are looming ever larger in our daily lives and are impairing the quality of life for everyone. The citizens of Europe may legitimately demand clean, energy-efficient, safe, intelligent vehicles. At the same time, meeting these demands at representative prices represents an enormous technological challenge for European industry, and is also an essential prerequisite for maintaining, or even bolstering, its competitiveness in the future. The project contributes to:
- the preservation of natural resources (aluminium, steel) and the energy for the making;
- the preservation of fuel (hydrocarbons) and reduction of emissions (CO2, CO, CxHy, VOC, NOx) because of leightweight structures and improved fuel efficiencies;
- The enhancement of employment in the involved industries: car and truck manufacturers, aircraft production, aerospace industries, railway rolling stock industry and the two wheeler industry;
- the improvement of the quality of life by improvement of the performance of the vehicle in terms of lightweight and environmental impact.
EU-Programme Acronym and Subprogramme AreaFP5-GROWTH-2000: Innovative products, processes and organisations (1.1.3-1.1.2)
Project TypeRTD
Contract NumberG5RD-CT-2000-00424
Co-ordinatorAudi AG (DE)
Total Eligible Costs (€) Hereon Eligible Costs (€) EC Funding for Hereon (€)
2.730.945133.351
Contact Person at Hereon Dr. Jan Bohlen, Institute of Materials Research, WZW Phone: +49-4152-87 1995, Fax : +49-4152-87 1927
E-mail contact
Worldwide Europe

Participants
Audi AG (DE), Centro Ricerche Fiat S.C.p.A. (IT), GIE EADS CCR (FR), Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (NL), Rheinische Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen (DE), Rond Products BV (NL), VUKV A. S.. (CZ)

(completed September 2004)

Last Update: 16. April 2021