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Hot Stamping

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Press hardening

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Hot stamping is a hot forming method used in sheet metal forming, specifically in production of high-strength steel components for crash-relevant parts in the automotive industry.

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Early 1970s

  • The first developments in hot stamping in Sweden by Volvo in Olofström and Norrbottens Järnverks AB in Luleå (Jergeus 2012).

1973

  • The first announcement for a European patent on hot stamping (EP1645345A2) in Sweden by Carl-Erik Ridderstrale of Plannja HardTech, a division of Plannja AB, which in turn is a subsidiary of Swedish Steel AB (SSAB), for manufacturing farm implements. The motivation is the need for lightweight and strong steel components (Keremedjiev 2011).

1975

  • The start of the development of a major new type of process technology, the hot stamping method. Work begins at Norrbottens Järnverks AB (NJA) in collaboration with Luleå Institute of Technology. The main focus is the agricultural industry and the main products are spades and other wear...

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  1. Institute of Forming Technology and Machines (IFUM), Leibniz Universität Hannover (LUH), Garbsen, Germany

    B. A. Behrens

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  1. for Production Research, C.I.R.P. Office International Institution, Paris, France

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  2. Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières Centre Intégré en Pâtes et Papiers, Trois-Rivieres, Québec, Canada

    Luc Laperrière

  3. Betriebswissenschaften, TU München Inst. Werkzeugmaschinen und, Reinhart, Germany

    Gunther Reinhart

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Behrens, B.A. (2014). Hot Stamping. In: C.I.R.P., ., Laperrière, L., Reinhart, G. (eds) CIRP Encyclopedia of Production Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35950-7_16722-2

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