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What's in the Alusuisse `M' Series for you?
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Aluminium the weightsaver
Why waste precious fuel and pay more tax pulling unnecessary weight around? Aluminium, because of its unrivalled qualities of lightness, strength, and corrosion resistance, is now a major constructional metal for vehicle bodies. An aluminium body needs no chemical treatment, priming or painting to protect it from the weather.
Welding, the modern way
With the constant demand for faster and more profitable units, the chassis makers have been building in more power and strength. Now body builders are playing their part by supplying welded aluminium bodies with the strength and lightness to meet today's profit earning demands.
Argon-arc welding has taken aluminium past the 'horse-and-cart', era of mechanically jointed structures. An all-welded body in aluminium is the strongest and most economical construction.
Alloys to match
Metallurgy too, has not stood st Special self-hardening alloys a now used which regain witho further treatment their original qu ities after the localised softenir effect of welding. The completr body is a solid integral metal col struction without the local wea nesses of bolt or rivet holes.
Monocoque strength
In the welded aluminium body, the stresses are distributed throu. the shell itself, not transferred bolts or rivets. Such bodies mu: however, be designed from the stz as a welded unit. This is the streng of the Alusuisse 'M' Series.
ie Alusuisse 'M' Series
e 'M' Series is a range of alunium body systems designed for speedy and economical conuction of most types of vehicle Aiding frameless tipping bodies
• rigids and articulated units, rejerated vans, chassisless box ilers, etc. Where strength is ;ential sections are welded. Each ;tem of extruded sections and 3et is designed for ready adapta
n to 'one-offs' or to long series is. Materials and design assistce are supplied to vehicle builders.
isistance to constructors
e Alusuisse 'M' series is supplied body builders who are given ary technical assistance (includ1 expert welding advice) in apting the various designs to the luirements of the owner.
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is is the first of a series of adverarnents in Commercial Motor signed to convey to you the belie; of the 'M' Series — a range of lich we are very proud, as we they represent the best in minium vehicle body construcn today.