Work on Honda's Acura MDX creates breakthrough

摘要

Global steelmaker ArcelorMittal SA's work with Magna International Inc.'s Cosma International unit to help design the first single-piece laser-welded, hot-stamped side opening panel reinforcement, or door ring, for Honda Motor Co. Ltd.'s 2014 Acura MDX has earned it AMM's award for Best Innovation: Process. The vehicle's door ring, a three-year innovation achieved using ArcelorMittal's Usibor 1500-a patented aluminum-silicon-coated steel product with a high ultimate tensile strength-and ArcelorMittal Tailored Blanks' innovative laser-welded blank technology achieved an optimal balance in weight reduction, safety, performance and cost. Tokyo-based Honda specifically was looking to protect passengers from a small offset overlap crash event specified by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS).