[nanoPost] Nanostructured Metal for Cars

Company Austria

The company's cellular aluminum can be molded into any shape, making it the only cellular metal that can replace heavier metals in industrial-strength applications.

The company's Nanostructured Control process creates cellular aluminum with

- Exactly defined pore size

- Homogeneous pore structure

- Reproducible and consistent quality

Cellular aluminum characteristics:

- Outstanding energy absorption at constant load.

- Excellent stiffness-to-weight ratio.

- Superior mechanical damping capacity and vibration control.

 
- Isotropic properties to absorb impact energy regardless of impact direction.

- Reproducible quality to enable mass production.

- Environmental friendliness.

- Lightness.

- Simple production process.

Cellular metal characteristics:

- High form stability.

- 100% recyclable.

- Non-toxic.

Applications for cellular aluminum include:

- Automotive

- Aerospace & Defense

- Mechanical engineering

- Ships

- Trains

- Transport

Automotive applications include:

Crash management — door side impact (intrusion) beams, crash boxes near front and rear bumpers, driver-side knee bolsters, passenger knee bolsters, and A-pillar and B-pillar head impact protectors

Structural Applications — transverse links, engine mount, casting cores for suspension parts, A,B and C-pillar reinforcements and sill reinforcement parts