Boron Extrication An in-depth look into vehicle extrication and rescues involving today's automobiles
The XC90’s body structure as shown in the image below. High strength steels (Dual Phase, HSLA and el Rephos) make up the majority of the front end and rear structure. The front rails are hydroformed. Of the 13 parts that ...
Read More »Extrication Challenges of Advanced Steel
Firehouse has section on their website and magazine called University of extrication with most articles written by Ron Moore. Ron wrote a 5 part series on the Extrication Challenges of Advanced Steel In Vehicles: Part 1 – More Steel Part ...
Read More »Boron B-pillars in Ford Vehicles
Flex, MKS, Fusion and Milan get some of their core strength from the use of lightweight aluminum-coated boron steel – one of the strongest weld-able materials – in the body structure. The use of high-strength steel in the B-pillars is ...
Read More »2008 BMW X5
BMW wanted to meet the requirements of any side crash test. So Ultra-high Strength Steel was used in many different parts of the body structure. The side frames are made with UHSS and the B-Pillar is reinforced with every one’s ...
Read More »2010 Ford Taurus and Boron Steel
The content of ultra high-strength boron steel in the New 2010 Ford Taurus is no widely known. However, the B-pillar features ultra high-strength boron steel for added side impact protection. Another important feature to note about the body structure of ...
Read More »