Posted to News on 24th Jun 2007, 11:30
New aluminium alloy has excellent mechanical properties
CRP Technology is launching a high-quality aerospace-grade aluminium alloy called CRP 8601, which is manufactured using a special powder metallurgy process with high-energy mixing to give excellent mechanical properties.
The F1 industry uses MMC materials (eg AMC 225xe), while super aluminium materials - and, therefore, the new CRP 8601 alloy - are particularly suitable for other forms of motorsport and for the aerospace sector.
The key benefits of CRP 8601 for structural applications include:
- Weight saving
- Increased component stiffness
- High fatigue resistance
- Good hardness and wear resistance
- High flexibility of the billets' shapes/dimensions for machining
CRP has achieved higher productivity and quality over traditional carbide tooling thanks to high-speed machining, customised PCD tooling, excellent knowledge of the machining process, and 100 per cent quality control developed internally.
The same skills now allow CRP to offer to its customers parts made by this remarkable new material and with high quality, high reliability and shape complexity.
One of the main goals in motorsport and aerospace is to reach a very high stiffness for mechanical components. Another goal is to seek lower weight for all structural parts. CRP 8601 is claimed to be an excellent compromise between high stiffness and low weight.
