Material Innovations
July 2003
Stainless steel makes for lightweight tailgate
AK Steel commissioned Altair Engineering Inc. to design a lightweight, stainless steel tailgate that would be easier to open, more resistant to dent and corrosion damage, and as good as or better in performance than current production-carbon steel tailgates. A new design resulted in a 38% weight reduction over the carbon steel tailgate and a more cost-effective solution to aluminum or other alternative lightweight materials.
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