Abstract
Depending on the performance expectations or to facilitate trimming, improve weldability, a single component may be required to have different local properties. The so-called tailored parts can be produced by incoming tailored blanks. It is also possible to have a standard blank, and can be processed in a hot stamping line to have tailored properties. The aim of this chapter is to give a better understanding to the reader about hot stamped parts having tailored properties in body-in-white applications.
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Billur, E., Bošković, V. (2019). Tailored Properties. In: Billur, E. (eds) Hot Stamping of Ultra High-Strength Steels. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98870-2_8
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