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An interesting thing encountered in taking apart a Ford truck. This whole dash support looks like injection molded plastic but it is 100% cast aluminum. Casting a piece this thin & complicated should be impossible, so I think Ford must be using some sort of injection molding techniques for casting 🤔

The truck is a 2005 so maybe I'm just way behind, but I had no idea this was being done. Or is there some other sort of magic casting technique that I haven't imagined?

#cars #carstr #manufacturing #casting

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Dissident Sound · 153w
i believe it's cast magnesium. Ford actually had a fire at a plant that did this and it was a huge news story as production of F150s had to be temporarily halted.
Snotklap · 153w
Sintered powdered metal injection moulding perhaps?
Adeptus · 153w
a process called hydro-forming is generally used for ductile metals like that.
RandySavage · 153w
It’s high pressure die cast. There were s lot of mag parts on the 2005 (like the front core support). I can’t remember if the dash was mag, but that looks like it.