The invention relates generally to structural steel components for automotive vehicles, and methods for manufacturing the structural components. The method includes heating a workpiece to at least 900° C to form austenite in the steel material, hot forming the workpiece, and quenching the formed workpiece to transform the austenite to martensite. The method next includes tempering at least one portion of the quenched workpiece, wherein the tempering step includes simultaneously applying thermal energy and a magnetic field to the workpiece. During the tempering step, the martensite of the steel material transforms to a mixture of ferrite and cementite precipitates. The portions of the steel material subject to the thermomagnetic tempering are also typically free of pearlite and spheroid particles. The remainder of the workpiece is protected during the tempering step to maintain a hard zone including the martensite.


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    Title :

    METHOD FOR PRODUCING A STRUCTURAL COMPONENT INCLUDING A THERMOMAGNETIC TEMPERING PROCESS YIELDING LOCALIZED SOFT ZONES


    Additional title:

    PROCEDE DE PRODUCTION D'ELEMENT STRUCTURAL COMPRENANT UN PROCEDE DE TREMPE THERMOMAGNETIQUE PRODUISANT DES ZONES MOLLES LOCALISEES



    Publication date :

    2016-03-31


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    C21D Veränderung der physikalischen Struktur von Eisenmetallen , MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS / B62D MOTOR VEHICLES , Motorfahrzeuge



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