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Bühler Adds Volvo Cars to its Megacasting Customers
布勒为沃尔沃提供一体化压铸方案 The Swedish premium car brand Volvo Cars has purchased two Carat 840 die-casting cells for its factory in Torslanda, Sweden. The Carat 840, along with Carat 920, Bühler’s largest die-casting solutions, were launched in 2021. These solutions have become very attractive for customers in the automotive industry. In October 2021, Bühler launched the Carat 840 and the Carat 920 with locking forces of up to 92,000 kilonewtons (kN). With these solutions, Bühler’s customers can produce structural castings for automotive body in white assemblies, known as megacastings. This expansion builds on the success of the Carat 560 and 610, which have up to 6,000 tons locking force and have been on the market since 2020. Bühler has been active in die casting for over 90 years and supported customers with thousands of applications. Megacasting is a further development of the structural process (complex, thin-walled parts produced using die casting) which Bühler has driven since the early 2000’s. Bühler’s Carat series is the most successful solution on the market and brings megacasting production to the next level. Cornel Mendler, Managing Director of Bühler Die Casting, says: “Megacasting is of utmost importance for the entire diecasting industry. Megacasting gives the trend towards structural casting another push by extending the range of applications to complete body sections with the use of the new large Carat solutions with up to 92,000 kN locking force." With the introduction of the Carat 840 and 920 and its vast die-casting experience, Bühler has further developed its solutions to be able to provide complete cell solutions for ever larger projects. Two Carat 840 die-casting cells will be delivered to Volvo Cars for its factory in Torslanda.
Customer focused innovations "Volvo Cars is among the first carmakers to adopt the megacasting process. The fact that Volvo Cars has chosen Bühler for two complete Carat 840 cells shows that we have the right products and services for this intensively discussed innovation in the automotive industry,” says Cornel Mendler. "Especially for such large projects, thinking about the entire die-casting cells from the melting furnace to the handling of the final part is essential. Bühler has the competence to deliver these complete die-casting solutions,” Mendler adds.
Groundbreaking megacasting Megacasting is considered groundbreaking by many car manufacturers who are moving in this direction or thinking about adopting this trend. Megacastings reduce complexity in production by enabling between 70 to 100 parts to be replaced by a single die-cast part. These single-piece castings will generally be produced close to the automotive assembly
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瑞 典 高 端 汽 车 品 牌 沃 尔 沃 全 新 购 入 两 套 布 勒 Carat 840 压铸岛，布局瑞典托斯兰达工厂。2021 年，布勒公 司最大的 Carat840/920 超大型两模板压铸机亮相，备受 汽车行业客户的青睐。 2020 年，布勒 Carat 560/610 压铸机成功上市，锁 模力高达 61,000kN。2021 年 10 月，布勒推出了锁模力 高达 92,000kN 的 Carat 840 和 Carat 920。助力客户生 产大型车身结构件，实现“一体化压铸”。 布勒深耕压铸行业 90 多年，为客户提供数千种零件的 解决方案，助力行业发展。21 世纪以来，布勒不断推动结 构件压铸工艺的发展，而一体化压铸是结构件工艺的延伸 和拓展。布勒 Carat 系列为市场提供成熟的压铸解决方案， 将一体化压铸生产推向了新的高度。 布勒集团全球压铸事业部总经理 Cornel Mendler 表 示，“一体化压铸对整个压铸行业至关重要。一体化压铸方 案采用锁模力高达 92,000kN 的超大型 Carat 压铸机，将 应用范围扩大至整体车身压铸，再一次推动了结构件压铸工 艺的发展。” 凭借 Carat 840/920 压铸机的推出和丰富的压铸经验， 布勒进一步开发了全套压铸岛。两套 Carat 840 压铸岛将 按时交付沃尔沃公司，送往托斯兰达工厂。
锐意创新，客户为先 “沃尔沃是最早采用一体化压铸工艺的汽车制造商之 一。沃尔沃选择从布勒购入两台 Carat 840 压铸机，恰恰 表明了针对当前汽车行业热议的创新问题，布勒完全有能力 提供合适的产品和服务。”Cornel Mendler 表示，“尤其 是对于大型项目而言，需要全盘考虑从熔炼到最终产品处理 的整个流程，这一点至关重要。布勒有能力提供完整的一体 化压铸方案。”
一体化压铸，突破性发展 众多汽车制造商已然认识到一体化压铸方案的先进性， 并开始关注或考虑采用一体化压铸方案。单个一体化压铸件 可代替 70-100 个零件，降低生产复杂性。此外，单件一 体化压铸件通常在汽车装配线附近生产，有利于集中生产， 降低运输成本。当使用沼气来熔炼低碳铝合金时，则有可能 实现碳中和。多余的铝可以回炉重造、重新利用，从而避免
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