The fu ?ture of the auto ?mobile – new ma ?ter ?ial com ?bin?a ?tions with light- weight con?struc ?tion and plasma coat ?- ing The ever in ?creas?ing re?quire?ments on the ef???ciency of pro?duc?tion pro?cesses, on the pro ?tec ?tion of re ?sources, and on light?weight en ?ergy-sav?ing design are all cre ?- at?ing chal ?lenges to the auto ?mot?ive in?dustry which can?not be met with the tra ?di ?- tional sheet metal design any longer. In or ?der to re?duce the total weight of the vehicles, many com ?pon ?ents must be man ?u?fac ?tured in mod ?ern light?weight design. The sub ?ject of re ?search of the joint pro ?ject EF ?FI?COAT which is fun?ded by the Ger?- man Fed ?eral Min ?istry of Edu ?ca ?tion and Re ?search and sup ?por?ted by the pro ?ject pro ?moter Karls ?ruhe, is the pro?duc ?t

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