The legislative targets to develop more fuel-efficient vehicles, and thus to reduce energy consumption and air pollution, are a challenge for the automotive industry. Lightweighting is one of the most effective approaches to achieve these targets. A highly innovative forming technology to form lightweight aluminium panels (solution Heat treatment, Forming and in-die Quenching: HFQ) has been developed and patented by Imperial College London and is being commercialized by ImpressionTechnologies Ltd. Four major benefits are realized by the HFQ technology: high formability, superior post-form strength, short processing time and low springback. Comprehensive studies and analysis on the formability, post-form strength and springback of the HFQ forming process are presented.


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    Title :

    HFQ forming: a novel lighweight sheet metal forming technology for mass-production


    Additional title:

    HFQ: eine neue Umformungstechnologie zur Massenproduktion von leichten Blechteilen


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    2013


    Size :

    10 Seiten, 10 Bilder, 1 Tabelle, 16 Quellen



    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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