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23 - Lightweight Chassis Cradles
23 - Lightweight Chassis Cradles
23 - Lightweight Chassis Cradles
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Why Benteler Light Weight Steels?
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Benefits of BTR165 and BAS100
BTR165
BTR 165(for
(forhot
hotforming)
forming)
¸¸ Ultrahigh
Ultra highstrength
strengthwith
withgood
goodductility
ductility
¸¸ Highcrash
High crashresistance
resistanceand
andfatigue
fatiguestrength
strength HighPotential
High Potentialcombinations
combinations
ofmaterial
materialand
andprocess
process
¸¸ Goodweldability
Good weldabilitywith
withconventional
conventionaltechniques
techniques of
¸¸ Exactpart
Exact partshape;
shape;no
nospringback-effect
springback-effect
¸¸ Forming
Formingof
ofcomplex
complexparts
partspossible
possible
BAS100
BAS 100(for
(forpost
postforming
formingheat
heattreatment)
treatment)
¸¸ Ultrahigh
Ultra highstrength
strengthwith
withexcellent
excellentductility
ductility
¸¸ Highcrash
High crashresistance
resistanceand
andfatigue
fatiguestrength
strength
¸¸ Goodweldability
Good weldability(high
(highstrength
strengthover
overweldseam)
weldseam)
¸¸ Differentmaterial
Different materialconditions
conditionsadjustable
adjustable
¸¸ Hightempering
High temperingresistance
resistanceup
upto
to600°C
600°C
¸¸ Batchgalvanizing
Batch galvanizingwithout
withoutloosing
loosingstrength
strength
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Chassis Materials
1800
1700
1600
1500
BTR165
Water Quenched
.
1400
1300 BAS100
1200 (teil-) Tool Quenched
1100 marten-
sitisch BAS100
1000 Air-quenched/ Air Hardened
900
Complex-Phase- Dual-Phase- TRIP-Steele
800
Steel (CP) St. (DP) BAS100
700
Soft
600
ferritic-bainitic St.
500
400
BTR165
300
Delivery Behavior HSLA
200
High strength Steel (Ultra-)Deep Drawing Quality
100 (P, BH, IFHS) (DDQ, UDDQ)
0
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
Elongation, % Dr. A. Frehn
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Bending Fatigue Properties
700
Bending fatigue test
R=-1
650 Speed: 25Hz
600
550
500
Stress amplitude, MPa
250
200
Typical HSLA
150
10000 100000 1000000 10000000 100000000
Number of stress cyles N
Dr. A. Frehn
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General Information - BTR 165
BTR 165:
• A steel grade developed by Benteler
• successfully used for structural and
chassis components
• Manganese-Boron-alloyed QT-steel
• Optimised for the hot forming process
• Good formability in the soft annealed condition Typical microstructure after hot forming:
100% martensite
and ultra high strength in hot formed components
• A steel with good weldability (with conventional welding techniques)
• Free of spring back effects in hot formed components
• Has sufficient ductility for chassis components
• Available as cold and hot rolled strip, ERW- and seamless tubes
• Available worldwide including also Asia-Pacific
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Material Properties – BTR165
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Bending Performance of BTR165
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BTR165 TYE Properties
250
200
150
OH Quench D01
Stress [ksi]
OH Quench D02
SH Quench D01
SH Quench D02
100
1ksi=6.9MPa
50 150ksi=1035MPa
0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
Strain [%]
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General information - BAS100
BAS100:
• A steel grade developed by Benteler
• An air-hardening steel mainly alloyed with
Mn-Cr-Mo-V
• Combines good formability in the soft annealed
condition and high strength in the post forming
heat treatment condition
• A steel with excellent weldability due to the low Typical microstructure after air-QT:
Carbon content Ferrite, Bainite, precipitations
• Showing no hardness decrease over weldseams
due to self-QT-effects
• Has good ductility and crash resistance for chassis components
• Stable regarding heat treatments up to 600°C (e.g.: tempering, batch
galvanising, etc.)
• Available as cold and hot rolled strip, ERW- and seamless tubes
• Currently used for the front subframe of the Mercedes C-class
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Material Properties – BAS100
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TYE Properties of BAS100
S355MC (3,50mm) BAS100, QT (2,50mm) BAS100, soft annealed (2,00mm) S420MC (2,00mm)
1000
BAS100, QT: 720 MPa (Rp0,2), 935 MPa (Rm), 6% (Ag), 9% (A80)
BAS100, soft annealed: 463 MPa (Rp0,2), 575 MPa (Rm), 15% (Ag), 24% (A80)
900 S420MC: 467 MPa (Rp0,2), 527 MPa (Rm), 16% (Ag), 26% (A80)
S355MC: 385 MPa (Rp0,2), 441 MPa (Rm), 18% (Ag), 30% (A80)
800
700
Technical stress , MPa
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
Technical strain , % Dr. A. Frehn
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Temperature Effects on BAS100
1100
MPa MPa
1000 22
A5
Bruchdehnung
(Ultimate),
(Total Elongation),
900
19
RmRm,
800
und
700 16
Re &
A5, %
600
Re (Yield)
13
%
500
400 Dr. A Frehn / 07.06.06 10
450 500 550 600 650 700 750
Tempering Temperature,Anlaßtemperatur,
°C °C
Re Rm A5 Dr. A. Frehn
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Heat Affected Zones – BAS100
HV310 ~ 30 Rc
300
H ardness H V 0,2
250
200
Typical HSLA
150
100
50
0
0 5 10 15 20 25
Measuring point Dr. A. Frehn
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Heating Options
Possibilitiesof
Possibilities ofheating
heating
••Inductive
InductiveHeating
Heating
••Gas
GasOven
Oven
••Electric
ElectricResistance
ResistanceHeating
Heating
••Salt
SaltBath
BathHeating
Heating
••Radiating
RadiatingHeating
Heating
••Contact
ContactHeating
Heating
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Inductive Heating
• What is it?
– A process where specialized Benteler
steels are inductively heated and water
quenched to locally increase the yield
strength of the steel.
• What materials are used?
– Post form heat treatment is accomplished
with one of two specialized Benteler
steels; BTR165 and BAS100.
– Both can obtain high yield strengths while
maintaining good elongation.
– Both have excellent welding capability.
– BAS100 is air quenched, minimizing heat
affected zones in welding areas.
• Useful for any area needing light weight and
high strength.
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Oven Heating
Component Oven
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Hot Stamping
... of blanks
Presse
Coil Blank Furnace Robot Cooling
Press Presse
(Pre-forming /
Coil Blank Cutting) Furnace Robot Cooling
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Benteler Hot Stamping Locations
Benteler Automotive
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Current Hot Forming Applications
Window Shaft
Reinforcement
Rear Bumper
Roof
Reinforcement
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Hot Stamping Portfolio
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Case Study – Aluminum Replacement
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Case Study – Aluminum Replacement
Design Constraints
Crash – Sidemember
Geometry
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Case Study – Aluminum Replacement
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Case Study – Aluminum Replacement
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Case Study – Aluminum Replacement
Dimensional integrity is
maintained by post heat
treatment machining
and punching.
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Case Study – Aluminum Replacement
Results
1.65mm
1.5mm
1.3mm
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Conclusion
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Questions?
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Contacts
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