CategoryManufacturing

How will Ford build the aluminum F-150?

Aluminum bodies move down the line at the Solihull plant, top. Rivet guns, above left, take the place of spot welds. Above right, thin strips of adhesive are applied. A 2014 Range Rover uses 3,722 rivets and 187 yards of adhesive strip the width of a pencil.
April 28, 2014 05:00 AM