Steel Dominance Over Automobile Industries
Unquestionably the most common material used in building Automobiles are steel. Steel is easy to work with, strong, cheap and readily available. So most car bodies are built from steel. Also it doesn’t take extremely specialized tools or knowledge to produce, manufacture and repair steel. The steel is mainly used for car roof, chassis, wheels, brakes, exhaust and engine. As per the research around 900 kg of steel is used per vehicle. Steel usage is as follows. i) 34% of steel is used in body structure, panels, doors and trunk closures for high strength and energy absorption in case of a crash. ii) 12% is used in the suspension, using rolled high strength steel strip. iii) 23% is in the drive train consisting of cast iron for the engine block and machinable carbon steel for the wear resistant gears. iv) The remainder is found in the wheels, tyres, fuel tank, steering and braking systems. Manufactures use steel because, it is the strongest and most