Meet the Next Generation of Tool Steels

摘要

...developed to take on the demanding tasks of blanking, forming and trimming the latest-greatest HSLA and AHSS sheet steels. Changes within the automotive industry with respect to crash worthiness, while still meeting ongoing criteria for reduced fuel consumption, have catapulted the industry toward the use of high-strength low-alloy (HSLA) and advanced high-strength steels (AHSS), for critical functional components previously produced from mild steels. As automotive OEMs celebrate these accomplishments, metal-formers are left with the difficult tasks of blanking, forming and trimming these new steels, which places escalating demands on the tooling being used.