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WEBINAR Replay: Understanding Liquid Metal Embrittlement (LME) in Advanced High Strength Steel Components
Liquid Metal Embrittlement (LME) surface cracks may develop during resistance spot welding in advanced high-strength steels used in automotive bodies. While LME mechanisms are well-documented for academic, single-spot samples, there is limited data on production-scale components. In collaboration with LWF Paderborn and Fraunhofer IPK, WorldAutoSteel has expanded on previous LME studies to publish a Phase […]
WorldAutoSteel Publishes New Liquid Metal Embrittlement Component Study
Results of our latest study on Liquid Metal Embrittlement confirm that LME is predictable and preventable. Download the Phase 2 Report Download the Phase 1 Report In the automotive industry, ensuring the strength and safety of vehicle welds is critical. With the growing adoption of Advanced High-Strength Steels (AHSS), concerns have emerged around a phenomenon […]
15th Steelie Awards Winners Announced
The World Steel Association (worldsteel) has announced the winners for the 15th Steelie Awards. The Steelie Awards recognize worldsteel member companies for their contribution to the steel industry in a series of categories impacting the industry. This year’s winners—shown below—were announced in October. Special congratulations go to WorldAutoSteel member companies China Baowu Steel Group Corporation […]
Clean Sheet Approach to Steel E-Motive Autonomous Vehicle Enables Key Safety Innovations
Designing the Steel E-Motive autonomous vehicle concepts required our team of engineers to rethink everything from the ground up. We had a choice: modify a conventional vehicle or start with a clean sheet. We chose the latter, which led to several innovations, some of which could readily be applied to today’s vehicles. Why Clean […]
15th Steelie Awards Shortlist Announced
The World Steel Association (worldsteel) has announced the shortlist for the 15th Steelie Awards. The Steelie Awards recognize member companies for their contribution to the steel industry over a one-year period in a series of categories impacting the industry. The final winners will be revealed on Monday, 16 October. The Steelies are awarded in six […]
Steel E-Motive Demonstrates Benefits Of Part Integration
High-volume automotive body structures using Advanced High-Strength Steel (AHSS) grades offer the potential for low cost and weight, high strength performance, and competitive life-cycle and sustainability attributes. Reducing the number of individual parts within an automotive body structure can yield further cost, weight, and sustainability benefits without compromising performance. WorldAutoSteel’s latest engineering demonstrator project, Steel […]
Student Project Showcases Innovation in Interior Design of Mobility-as-a-Service Concept Steel E-Motive
WorldAutoSteel’s Steel E-Motive program showcases autonomous ride-sharing vehicle concepts (known as Mobility-as-a-Service or MAAS). It highlights steel’s strength and durability, with a critical focus on sustainability for reaching net zero emissions targets. While these concepts feature the application of Advanced High-Strength Steels (AHSS) for safety and comfort, the specific interior design was not part of […]
Part Consolidation in the Battery Structure = Cost Mitigation
Part consolidation in the battery structure provides cost savings in material requirements and reduced investment in required tooling. Another benefit of assembly simplification is improved quality. Fewer components mean fewer sealing surfaces, resulting in less rework in the assembly process, where every battery tray is leak-tested. Read more in this article on our AHSS Insights […]
How Steel Properties Influence the Roll Forming Process
Optimizing the use of roll forming requires understanding how the sheet metal behaves through the process. Making a bend in a roll-formed part occurs only when forming forces exceed the metal’s yield strength, causing plastic deformation to occur. Higher-strength sheet metals increase forming force requirements, leading to the need to have larger shaft diameters in […]