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How can lighter and closer cutting should and face milling can provide a solution to the challenges of machining lighter vehicle components
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Dear Industry Expert,
How can lighter and closer cutting should and face milling can provide a solution to the challenges of machining lighter vehicle components? Reducing vehicle emissions means making every component lighter. If an OEM reduces vehicle weight by 100 kilograms, it can save approximately 8.5 grams of CO2 per 100 kilometres. |
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Reducing a vehicle's emissions
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