Tokyo, - According to Honda, the new welding techniques will be applied to the first time on the 2013 Accord assembled in North Amerka and went on sale in the U.S. on 19 September. Planned, this technology will also be applied in other Honda models.
FSW according to Honda produced stable metal connection between steel and aluminum. Ways of working, welding tool that is above the aluminum and steel that will be incorporated rotating high pressure. As a result, the weld strength to be equal or stronger than conventional welding methods using Metal Inert Gas or MIG. new welding techniques look more real.
Total aluminum
Honda's goal with new welding techniques is to use technology in order to use the welding of subframe aluminum. When, if not fully use aluminum, but was able to decrease body weight by 25 percent compared to using conventional subframe of steel.
Another advantage of this welding, electricity consumption during the welding process is only about 50 percent of the old method. Further, in this way will be able to change the structure subrangka and suspension mounting points. As a result, increasing the robustness of the installation of up to 20 npesen and contribute to making the car more dynamic (agile and comfortable).
Previous FSW technology requires a lot of equipment because it is done by robots. Further, this new method could also be used to weld aluminum to aluminum. By it is expected, will all be menggun subrangka be aluminum.
Meanwhile, to check the work, Honda uses a non-destructive inspections system. For that use the camera extremely sensitive to infra-red and laser beams. With this examination can be directly performed in the assembly of any component or unit.
the world's car manufacturers are not only aggressively introduce the technology used in new products to pamper the consumer, as well as the assembly process at the factory. For example, Honda Motor Co. Ltd.., Announced it has successfully developed the process of unification (switching) nature of the two different metals, namely steel and aluminum.
Honda claims it is the first in the world, the technology is used to mass-produce cars. Welding technology called "Friction Stir Wleding (FSW)", is used to connect the steel and aluminum are used as subrangka.
The use of aluminum in the body and subrangka continue to increase as manufacturers try to make cars lighter. By itself, the fuel can be reduced konsusmi more efficient way.
