Tag Archives: Extrication

Hopefully everyone understands how many Boron and UHSS parts are made from a hot blank. If not, Boron and other UHSS are too hard to be stamped into the shapes and forms required by automakers. To solve this problem, a ...

The 2007 and later Dodge Caliber has Ultra-High Strength Steel UHSS in the A-pillar, B-pillar, and roof-rail reinforcements. The B-pillar is made from a tailor-rolled, hot stamped steel which would tell you that the pillar will have different thicknesses. The ...

2009 XC60 body structure.

Something that has caught my attention is that automakers are careful on stating that their vehicles have Ultra-high Strength Steel. Some call out a B-Pillar made from Dual Phase (DP) 950 as a High Strength Steel. However, reference the chart ...

Here is a another picture of the 2008 + Buick Enclave that shows the B-Pillar. The B-Pillar is made from DP 980 which is an UHSS. The B-Pillar is then spot-welded to an HSLA reinforcement.

First off, Martensitic is a Ultra-high Strength Steel (UHSS). I will throw a little automotive talk into my update today. Many automakers use the same platform to built different model for each of their different brands. General Motors has a ...

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 ...

Since Mazda is still partly owned by Ford there should be little surprise that the 2010 Mazda 3 is a Volvo-sourced platform. The new Mazda 3 is made up with double the amount of high-strength and ultra-high strength steel.

The new Lincoln MKT has a safety feature named SPACE or Side Protection And Cabin Enhancement Architecture. SPACE helps optimize side-impact occupant protection. The SPACE system integrates a hydroformed high strength steel tube embedded in the floor that runs the ...

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 ...