automotive

How do threaded inserts help automakers meet CAFE standards?
October 3, 2024 CFI Editor Comment

How custom components can help enhance durability in automotive assemblies while helping achieve bigger goals like emission standards for automakers In 2024, the CAFE standards for passenger cars stand at 54.5 MPG and are set to increase at 2% year over year for model year 2027 through 2031. Those kinds

Plastics quickly making their way into automotive engine bays
February 29, 2016 CFI Editor Comment

Over the past decade, plastics and forms of nylon are quickly replacing their ferrous counterparts as the material of choice under the hood of cars and trucks all over the world. How can this be? Conventional wisdom would tell you that the high temperature and high stress environment of an