Advanced High-Strength Steel Growth in Automotive Applications and Associated Formability Challenges
This presentation will review the growth of AHSS; grades, volume and applications. Additionally the Auto/Steel Partnership has developed a formability training course that will be introduced and reviewed in detail such that the audience can gain the knowledge necessary to work with these new grades of steel.
David Anderson - Steel Market Development Institute and George Coates - Phoenix Group
How Different Steel Surfaces Affect Laser Cutting; Speed, and Quality: A Quantified Case Study
This session will present quantified case study results from an identical part, laser burned, robotically welded, and press braked. Tests were conducted on 1/2" and 3/4" steel, keeping the same heat and mill when possible, similar chemistries and grade, with the variable being surface; Hot Roll Black, vs Hot Roll Blasted, vs Hot Roll Pickled and Oil. Laser burning speed, burn quality, weld prep time (for HR Black), blasting time and costs, robotic welding times and press break die cleaning times were all measured and analyzed. We show the data and interpret what it may mean to your productivity and cost savings.
Danny Lerman and Steve Pugh - Steel Warehouse
New Developments in Next-Generation Acrylic Adhesive Technology
This presentation will showcase three applications where next-generation acrylics met fabrication demands and resulted in better, cost-efficient products. The first application, for the commercial vehicle market, will explain how the next-generation acrylic adhesive provided impact resistance needed for the demanding performance requirements of dump truck use. In the second application, the next-generation acrylic was used to build wind tower shrouds, due to its excellent failure mode on tough-to-bond substrates. In the third application, for industrial elevator doors, the next-generation acrylic offered 100% cohesive failure mode at 170°C.
John E. Hill - LORD Corp.
