BMW's magnesium-aluminium composite crankcase, state-of-the-art light metal casting and manufacturing

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Hoeschl, Michael ^a   Wagener, Wolfram ^a   Wolf, Johann ^a  

^a BMW GROUP   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CRANKCASES; ENGINE CYLINDERS; LIGHT METALS; MACHINE DESIGN; METAL CASTING;

ALUMINIUM COMPOSITES; ENGINE DESIGN; MASS PRODUCTION; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; SIX-CYLINDER ENGINES; STATE OF THE ART; TECHNOLOGICAL LEVEL; TESTING PROCESS;

MAGNESIUM CASTINGS;

EID: 85072416809     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2006-01-0069     Document Type: Conference Paper

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