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The Future is Forming

"The Future is Forming," presented by Engineering Quality Solutions, discusses sheet steel/aluminum and how they are used. EQS helps steel, aluminum and manufacturing companies make the most cost-effective use of the sheet metal specified and supplied for each application. EQS offers forming limit diagram (FLD) and circle grid/ thinning strain analysis, tooling buyoff assistance, steelmaking and formability training, holistic cost reduction, steel cargo damage claim analysis and problem arbitration resolution.

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Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Mixed Metal Usage on the Porsche Panamera

High strength steels, including Boron-alloyed (shown in red), polyphase (orange), and micro-alloyed (yellow) are used to create an ultra-stiff passenger safety cell. The voluptuous rear fenders are very deep draw stampings, which meant they had to be steel (green). At the front is an aluminum subframe (blue) designed to manage front impact loads. The hood, rear hatch, and fenders are also aluminum, as are the doors, which have ultra-lightweight magnesium frames (turquoise).

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Friday, September 25, 2009

Many Faces, and Phases, of Steel in Cars


Great article in the New York Times on the new grades of steel that go into today's automobiles. It covers the advanced high strength steels like dual phase and transformation-induced plasticity (TRIP) steels, and even gets into some metallurgy. The article touches on the impact of federal regulations, like the new roof-crush requirement of needing to withstand 3 times the vehicle weight during a rollover - double the current standard.

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Thursday, September 24, 2009

Asian Steel Capacity is Increasing

POSCO (South Korea) will increase its overall steel capacity to 40 million metric tonnes by 2011.
Hyundai Steel (South Korea) will increase its overall steel capacity to 20 million metric tonnes by 2011.
Baosteel (China) and Wuhan Iron and Steel (China) are each is building 10 million metric tonnes per year (MMtpy) plants to be completed in 2011.
China Steel (Taiwan) is building 2 plants, each with a 2.5 MMtpy capacity; one to be completed in 2010, the other in 2012.
Tata Steel (India) and JSW Steel (India ) are each building 3 MMtpy plants to be completed in 2011.
(from Reuters)

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Wednesday, September 02, 2009

Tool & Die Authority - July 2009

The Tool and Die Authority July 2009 Newsletter contained these articles:

“L’unione fa la forza”—In Union There is Strength (Italian Proverb): Joe Brown
Solving Deep-Drawing Problems, Part 2: Peter Ulintz
GD&T and Other Part-Print Issues that Inflate Costs: Bob Quinn
Value-Added Operations—Part 3: Locating Parts for In-Die Welding: Drew Stevens


and from Danny Schaeffler of Engineering Quality Solutions (EQS)...
Stronger and Thinner for Summertime
It may sound too good to be true, but it is possible to get a high-strength steel that is lightweight, while continuing to use the same raw material you’ve been using. How? By stretch forming your panels instead of draw forming. OK, that’s easier said than done, but when setting up a die process for a new part, you may want to consider the merits of stretch forming.
It’s been shown that the yield strength of a formed panel can be accurately estimated from the strain path and the steel’s as-received (flat sheet) mechanical properties. ...

Visit the Precision Metalforming Association website to learn how to subscribe!

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