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Reference CMT-ADVANCED
Automotive supplier Magna Steyr AG & Co KG, Austria

Aluminium welding of motor vehicle bodies that


push the limits.
With 36 sites across North America, Europe and Asia, Magna Steyr is one of the world‘s leading brand-independent
automotive suppliers. The subsidiary company of the global Magna International Group employs almost 9,500 people.
Incorporating highly flexible development and production strategies, the company provides solutions for vehicle parts,
components, modules and entire vehicles.

REQUIREMENT
“By using CMT Advanced we can The structure of the body places high demands on welding: the weld seam
avoid the problems we had must completely meet the strength requirements of the body structure. The
previously been having with
porosity on joints involving
surface must also be free of cracks and pores, as mechanical reworking is com-
castings.” pletely out of the question on a passenger car of this category. Last but not
least it must be possible to implement the final process economically in the
Werner Karner,
given time. Conventional welding processes did not make the cut for this ap-
welding expert at Magna Steyr
plication due to the high levels of heat generation.
SOLUTION
CMT Advanced cold welding technology from Fronius proved to be the ideal solu-
“The successful solution we tion for this challenging aluminium welding application. The maximum amper-
arrived at with CMT Advanced
meant that we could simply forget
age of 90 A means the new arc welding process produces very little heat input.
about all the complicated This enables even ultra-thin sheets like the aluminium body of the SLS AMG to
alternatives, such as subsequently be joined with extremely little spatter. At the same time, significantly larger gaps
trimming the roof panel.”
and gaps of varying widths can be bridged to a high standard. This enables Mag-
Karl Hartl, na Steyr to ensure the stability of the body structure and rule out the need for any
project manager at Magna Steyr mechanical reworking.

All information is without guarantee in spite of careful editing - liability excluded. Copyright © 2011 Fronius™. All rights reserved.
Text and images correspond to the current state of technology at the time of printing. Subject to modifications.

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v05 May 2015 EN

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