Daimler Ag

Mercedes-benz Group Ag

Robert Behr

Bernd Schietinger

Jochen Haefner

Dieter Lange

Rainer Joos

Martin Gruenbaum

Marko Possberg

Juergen Weber

Christian Bieg

Gerold Lehmler

Daniel Reckinger

A method for producing a component includes providing a powder or a wire where the powder or the wire is formed from an aluminum alloy of 12% by weight to 40% by weight silicon, 0.3% by weight to 4% by weight copper, 0.2% by weight to 0.7% by weight magnesium, at most 1% by weight iron, at most 0.5% by weight zirconium, and a remainder of aluminum and further accompanying elements and/or production-related impurities that each have a mass fraction of at most 0.3 percent individually and that in total have a mass fraction of at most 1.5 percent. The method further includes producing at least a sub-region of the component from the powder or the wire by an additive manufacturing process.

Component, in particular for a vehicle, and method for producing such a component

A crankcase for a reciprocating piston engine, in particular of a motor vehicle, includes at least first one wall region that has a greater wall thickness than at least one second wall region of the crankcase that adjoins the first wall region. The crankcase is produced from an aluminum alloy and by at least mainly laminar die casting and is heat-treated completely or heat-treated completely and additionally locally or heat-treated only locally.

Crankcase for a reciprocating piston engine, in particular of a motor vehicle

An engine hood for motor vehicles has a deformable head impact zone to protect pedestrians in the event of a collision with the motor vehicle. The engine hood comprises an outer shell, which is formed by the body paneling, and an inner shell which is arranged below the outer shell and is connected to the outer shell. The inner shell is provided with a vault-structured stiffening region in the region of the head impact zone.

Engine hood comprising a protective device for pedestrians

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Robert Behr