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•    Title:  New Hot Form Quenching Shapes Lighter Door

•    Author:  Pete Andrews, Douglas Boomer, Eoghan McAlpine, Geoff Scamans

•    Author Company:  Innoval Technology

•    Volume:  Vol. 74, No. 5

•    Year:  2016

•    No. Pages:  2

•    Description:  The Ultra-Light Car Bodies (ULCAB) project was a collaborative project between industrial partners PAB Coventry (the lead partner), Impression Technologies, Lotus Cars, and Innoval Technology, with Imperial College as the academic partner and co-funding support from Innovate UK. This article summarizes the project work, which combined tailor welded blanks (TWB) with the hot form quench (HFQ®) process developed by Imperial College and commercialized by Impression Technologies. It provides an overview of a door inner panel developed to test the HFQ/TWB technology and notes Innoval's contributions to the development.

•    Companies Mentioned:  PAB Coventry, Impression Technologies, Lotus Cars, Innoval Technology, Imperial College, Aston Martin

Product Code: NEWGEX7J68