By Titilayomi Durojaiye
Ford and DowAksa will be part of the U.S. Government-created Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation.
The innovation enables acceleration of Ford research and development of low-cost, high-volume carbon fiber; could reduce vehicle weight, increase fuel efficiency without sacrificing strength.
Ford, last month, revealed the all-new Ford GT supercar that makes extensive use of lightweight materials, including carbon fibre. The companies will be part of the newly formed Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation, created by the U.S. government. The institute is part of the larger National Network for Manufacturing Innovation supported by the U.S. Department of Energy.
‘Our collaboration with DowAksa and participation in this organisation significantly boosts what we are able to achieve,’ said Ken Washington, Ford vice president, Research and Advanced Engineering. ‘We have a true alliance of highly talented people working to take automotive materials to the next level,’ a Ford statement says.
The mission of the institute and the goal of Ford’s collaboration with DowAksa – a 50/50 joint venture between The Dow Chemical Company and Aksa Akrilik Kimya Sanayii A.S. – is to overcome the high cost and limited availability of carbon fiber, while developing a viable, high-volume manufacturing process.
‘This opportunity builds upon Ford’s current joint development agreement with Dow Chemical and accelerates our timeline to introduce carbon fiber composites into high-volume applications,’ said Jim deVries, Ford global manager, Materials and Manufacturing Research. ‘This collaboration helps us accelerate our efforts to create lighter automotive-grade composite materials that benefit customers by enabling improved fuel economy without sacrificing strength.’
Carbon fiber composites have been used in aircraft and racing cars for decades because they provide high strength with extremely low weight. It is possible to tailor strength properties to a specific component – making it as stiff or flexible as needed for a given application.
The Ford Lightweight Concept Fusion applied such lightweight materials as aluminium, high-strength steel, magnesium, composites and carbon fibre to nearly every vehicle system to reduce the car’s weight to that of a Fiesta – a near 25 percent cut. Insights from this concept can springboard light-weighting technologies to a much larger scale of production.
Ford and DowAksa also are working together to reduce the energy needed to produce carbon fibre components, cut the cost of raw materials and develop recycling processes.
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