Advanced Steel Manufacturing and Stamping Mike Smith BoronExtrication.com
Mar 29, 2015
Advanced Steel Manufacturing and Stamping
Mike SmithBoronExtrication.com
Module Overview
• Hot stamping advanced steels• What are tailored blanks?• Where are tailored blanks used?
Hot Stamping
Hot Forming of a B-pillar
Hot Stamping of Boron Steel
Tailored Blank
• A tailored blank is a sheet of steel that combines several grades and / or various thicknesses and / or different coatings, the different parts being laser welded together, in order to place the best material at the best place in the right thickness for a real “tailor-made” solution for the customer after stamping.
Vehicle Applications 1. Rear Rails2. Roof Reinforcement3. B-Pillar4. A-Pillar5. Shock Tower6. Tailgate7. Cross Member8. Side Member9. Wheel House10. Engine cross member11. Body side12. Seat cross member13. Bumper reinforcement14. Front rail15. Rear door16. Floor panel17. Front door18. Tunnel reinforcement19. Body side outer
Laser Welded Tailor Blank
Tailor-Rolled Blank
Audi A6 Body Structure
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