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Applications in the automotive industry

Today, Tailored Products are primarily used in the automotive industry and are used in millions of cars around the world. Parts such as door inner panels, B-pillars and side panels combine the highest safety requirements with economical lightweight construction.

They meet different requirements: Tailored Products lower material usage, reducing the overall weight of the car and significantly reducing the cost, because high-quality and expensive materials are only used where absolutely necessary. In addition, Tailored Products reduce the number of additional reinforcements and overlapping joints on the car body. In this way, Tailored Products meet the needs of our customers by making car body assembly so much easier.

Applications

B-pillars

Benefits

  • Using high-strength materials means high energy absorption in the event of a crash
  • Part integration means lower investment costs for tools and assembly lines
  • No need for additional reinforcements
  • Reduced material costs through improved material utilization

Can be manufactured as

  • Tailored Blanks
  • Hotform Blanks
  • Tailor Welded Coils

Side members

Benefits

  • Reducing the number of parts
  • Can be used in progressive dies
  • Part integration means lower investment costs for tools and assembly lines
  • Reduced material costs through improved material utilization
  • Weight reduction

Can be manufactured as

  • Hotform Blanks
  • Tailor Welded Coils

Crossbeam floor panel

Benefits

  • Can be used in progressive dies
  • Reduction in material, assembly and investment costs
  • Cost reduction through optimized material utilization

Can be manufactured as

  • Tailored Blanks
  • Tailor Welded Blanks

Firewall

Benefits

  • Reduced costs through optimized nesting
  • Lower costs in the shell by eliminating reinforcements
  • Improved crash performance
  • Weight reduction

Can be manufactured as

  • Tailored Aluminum Blanks

Tunnel

Benefits

  • Improved crash performance through the use of high-strength aluminum alloys
  • No need for reinforcements
  • Reduced material costs through improved material utilization
  • Weight reduction

Can be manufactured as

  • Tailored Blanks
  • Tailored Aluminum Blanks

Tunnel reinforcements

Benefits

  • Improved crash performance through the use of high-strength materials
  • Weight reduction
  • Reduced material costs through improved material utilization
  • No need for reinforcements

Can be manufactured as

  • Tailored Blanks
  • Hotform Blanks
  • Tailored Aluminum Blanks

Door inner panel

Benefits

  • Cost reduction through the elimination of reinforcements
  • Reduction of production steps
  • High material utilization through optimized nesting
  • Lower tool costs by reducing the number of parts
  • Elimination of sealing materials and work
  • Weight reduction

Can be manufactured as

  • Tailored Blanks
  • 2-D Blanks
  • Tailored Aluminum Blanks

Reinforcing frame for panoramic sunroof

Benefits

  • Integration of reinforcements
  • Optimal material use

Can be manufactured as

  • Tailored Blanks
  • Tailored Aluminum Blanks

Rear side panel

Benefits

  • No need for reinforcements
  • Reducing the number of parts
  • Weight reduction
  • Improved tolerance management
  • High material utilization through optimized nesting

Can be manufactured as

  • Tailored Blanks
  • Hotform Blanks
  • Tailored Aluminum Blanks

Wheel house

Benefits

  • Part integration
  • Cost savings through elimination of spot welds
  • Elimination of sealing materials and work

Can be manufactured as

  • Tailored Blanks

Exhaust manifold

Benefits

  • Cost reduction through optimized material utilization
  • Weight reduction through optimization of wall thickness

Can be manufactured as

  • Tailored Orbitals®

Suspension strut

Benefits

  • Part integration
  • Reduced weight
  • Reduced costs

Can be manufactured as

  • Tailored Orbitals®

Shock tower

Benefits

  • Part integration
  • Reduced weight by integrating local reinforcement
  • Reduced costs through saving material

Can be manufactured as

  • 2-D Blanks

Exhaust shell

Benefits

  • Improved part weight through optimal sheet thickness design
  • Can be used in progressive dies
  • Reduced investment costs
  • Reduced costs through optimized nesting
  • Reduced costs in assembly

Can be manufactured as

  • Tailor Welded Coils

Exhaust pipes

Benefits

  • Cost reduction through optimized material utilization
  • Weight reduction through optimization of wall thickness

Can be manufactured as

  • Tailored Orbitals®

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