Boron Extrication An in-depth look into vehicle extrication and rescues involving today's automobiles
Today I want to focus on a little terminolgy. First off, BIW stands for Body in White . All activities in the production of a Vehicle Body or Shell before it goes to the Paint shop are done in a ...
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BMW List of Vehicles with Boron and UHSS
BMW List of Vehicles with Boron and UHSS BMW X5 B-Pillar UHSS 2008 BMW X5
Read More »2010 Jeep Compass UHSS
Jeep has engineered crush zones to divert and dissipate impact energy away from the passenger compartment. The safety cage structure and front crumple zones of the Compass absorb energy during a front impact. During a side impact, the door guard ...
Read More »Nissan Zone Body Construction
Honda has the Advanced Compatibility Engineering (ACE) body structure and Nissan has what they call Zone Body construction. It would make Firefighter’s lives easier if every automaker designed their vehicle around one body structure concept, but that is not the ...
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The higher weight-to-strength ratio of high-strength steel allowed us to develop a body-in-white safety cage that meets more aggressive front-, side- and rear-impact requirements, but without the added weight of regular steel,” Liddane added. “Hot-stamped steel used on the A- ...
Read More »Toyota uses of Boron and UHSS
Toyota 2009 + Corolla – Uses Ultra-high Strength Steel in the A-Pillar and Door Beams. 2009 + Matrix – Uses Ultra-high Strength Steel in the A-Pillar and Door Beams.
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