TESLA E-CARS MADE FROM A SINGLE CASTING: AALEN UNIVERSITY TRAINS POTENTIAL ENGINEERS
10/11/20
"All electric cars will look like this in the future," said Tesla boss Elon Musk now and presented the largest die-cast part in the world at "Tesla Battery Day 2020". He wants to manufacture the entire vehicle body of his upcoming models from a few and later from just a single die-cast part. To do this, the company needs highly qualified engineers. Aalen University also trains students in the die casting process.
"Die-cast parts made of aluminum and magnesium light metals will also be used in the Tesla of the future," says Prof. Dr. Lothar Kallien, head of the foundry laboratory at Aalen University. The die casting process as a technology for the future in automotive engineering is practically taught in the foundry laboratory in the bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering / production and management and in the master's degree in lightweight construction and is used in various research projects. More...
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