Battery Electric Vehicles – Boom or Bust for AHSS?
Article contributed by Harry Singh, Senior Product Applications Engineer, United States Steel Corporation. Several recent studies are forecasting that; “Within the next 10 to 15 years, urban transportation will be dominated by Electric and Automated vehicles”.1...
Welding Simulation for AHSS: LME During Resistance Spot Welding
We once again welcome Max Biegler, Research Associate, Fraunhofer IPK, in this follow up article on Modelling Resistance Spot Welding. Modern car bodies today are made of increasing volumes of Advanced High-Strength Steels (AHSS), the superb performance of which...
AHSS Application Guidelines Update Begins
Take a moment and comment below on what you hope to see in this next update! Nearly 17 years ago, WorldAutoSteel began the first compilation of the Advanced High-Strength Steels (AHSS) Application Guidelines, a volume of global best practices for forming and joining...
Modelling Resistance Spot Welding of AHSS
Authored by Max Biegler, Research Assistant RSW, Fraunhofer IPK, Berlin Modelling resistance spot welding can help to understand the process and drive innovation by asking the right questions and giving new viewpoints outside of limited experimental trials. The models...
Dealing with Springback: The Sidewall Curl Issue
Compensate or Countermeasure? Taking Sidewall Curling Seriously In this blog post Akshay Wankhede, Application Engineer at AutoForm, describes the causes for the springback phenomenon known as the “sidewall curl”, how its occurrence on stamped panels can be identified...
A Look at the New EU Legislation for Cars and Vans
We’ve been monitoring the evolution of vehicle legislation in the world closely, advocating for life cycle thinking to be considered for the next generation of regulations. The European Union has been actively pursuing Post 2020 regulations, looking hard at CO2...
Blanking, Shearing and Trim Operations
Advanced Hight-Strength Steels (AHSS) exhibit high work hardening rates, resulting in improved forming capabilities compared to conventional HSLA. However, the same high work hardening creates higher strength and hardness in sheared or punched edges, creating...
Future Mobility – From Moving Cars to Moving People
Here at WorldAutoSteel, we have been studying the changes in the automotive industry for several years, focusing particularly on ride sharing, autonomous, electric vehicles and steel's role in that marketplace. George Coates, Technical Director for WorldAutoSteel and...
The Value of Mass Benchmarking
Product benchmarking is the process of measuring and analyzing the performance of competitive products. Data from a benchmarking analysis is used at the early stages of product development where performance targets are being set for a new vehicle. As an example of...
Advanced Steel Processing Technologies
Advanced Steel Processing Technologies For Reduced Cost, Reduced Mass and Improved Functional Performance Laser (Tailor) Welded Blanks A laser welded blank is two or more sheets of steel seam-welded together into a single blank which is then stamped into a part. Laser...
Tool Wear, Clearances and Burr Height
The diverse microstructures and strength levels of AHSS products present some challenges for stamping operations. Cutting and punching clearances are greater for AHSS, and as a general rule, should be increased with increasing sheet material strength. The clearances...
Tool Materials and Die Wear
Die wear is affected by, but not limited to, steel strength and surface friction, contact pressure, sliding velocity, temperature, die surface treatment and lubrication. As the material strength and hardness is increased, an increase in die wear occurs which leads to...