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Aluminum Suspension Arms

Aluminum Suspension Arms

Aluminum Suspension Arms

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Greetings,

I am searching for an engineer who would have some knowledge of the forging of aluminum suspension arms (Open die forging) for automobiles.

I have found myself in a process/manufacturing engineering position within such a facility and I am having some difficulty with the process itself.  The difficulty is primarily comming from the fact that not alot of people are doing it state side (primarily done in india/china/japan).

Any aluminum forging guys out there?

RE: Aluminum Suspension Arms

I would recommend contacting Jim Henning, a frequent contributor to Forging Magazine (Penton Publishing).  He has a great deal of experience in the forging industry, including a stint as the Technical Director of the Forging Industry Association (FIA).

RE: Aluminum Suspension Arms


Those have become very popular with Ford and GM for front and rear suspensions. Hard to believe it's all from other shores.

RE: Aluminum Suspension Arms

I don't have a handle on the current state of the US aluminium industry, but in the late 80's the suspension parts for Corvette were forged at the Alcoa plant in Socal.

Rod

RE: Aluminum Suspension Arms

Taiwan appears to have done a bit of forged suspension components for automotive too.  However I'm not sure if it's OEM, or after market replacement...

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RE: Aluminum Suspension Arms

(OP)
Wow thanks alot for the responses!  I gotta take a look at these guys

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