Development of Lightweight Oil Pans Made of a Heat-Resistant Magnesium Alloy for Hybrid Engines Honda Research and Development Company

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Koike, S., author.

Conference Name:

SAE 2000 World Congress (2000-03-06 : Detroit, Michigan, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource cm

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 2000

Summary:

A new heat-resistant magnesium alloy (hereafter referred to as "ACM522") for die-casting based on the Mg-Al-Ca-RE system has been developed by Honda R&D CompanyIn the 150°C temperature range, the ACM522 alloy yields high creep resistant characteristics which are superior to the conventional AE42 heat-resistant magnesium alloy, and it also exhibits an excellent resistance to both heat and corrosion which can be favorably compared with the A384 general-purpose aluminum alloy. The use of magnesium for oil pans has raised a number of issues such as reduced axial force in the bolted areas and, until now, oil pans made of magnesium had not reached the stage of commercial viability for mass-produced automobiles. The authors applied the ACM522 alloy to develop light-weight oil pans which are 35% lighter than conventional aluminum oil pans. Further, these lightweight magnesium oil pans have been adopted in the engines of Honda's hybrid cars which, for mass-produced gasoline-powered cars, achieve the world's best fuel consumption of 35 kilometers per liter, and their mass production commenced from November 1999

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Publisher Number:

2000-01-1117

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