Ford Designs Chocolate-Inspired Plastic Parts
Published Thursday, 21 April, 2011 by Blog Admin. Categories: Parts, News.
Dark chocolate is good for a lot of things and now engineers at Ford have turned to the tasty treat to serve as a model for advanced technology. After studying the structure of an Aero chocolate bar, Ford applied its observations to the development of lighter plastic parts for Ford vehicles.
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