ULSAB-Advanced Vehicle Concepts – Manufacturing and Processes

Paul G. Schurter

doi:10.4271/2002-01-0039

Event: SAE 2002 World Congress & Exhibition

Authors

Paul G. Schurter

Dofasco, Inc.

Abstract

Content

The UltraLight Steel Auto Body Advanced Vehicle Concepts (ULSAB-AVC) program is the most recent addition to the global steel industry's series of lightweighting initiatives. It succeeds ULSAB [1, 2], ULSAC [3] and ULSAS [4]. These programs offer steel solutions to the challenges facing automakers around the world today: to increase vehicle fuel efficiency while improving safety, performance and maintaining affordability. This paper focuses on the manufacturing aspects and processes used in the two steel vehicles designed in the ULSAB-AVC program:

Stamping
Tailor Welded Blanks
Tubes, including tailored tubes
Sheet and tube hydroforming
Forming simulations
Joining for assembly

Meta Tags

Topics: Manufacturing processes
Fuel economy
Steel
Assembling
Energy conservation
Forming
Joining
Stamping

Affiliated or Co-Author: Dofasco, Inc.

Details

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4271/2002-01-0039

Pages: 10

Citation: Schurter, P., "ULSAB-Advanced Vehicle Concepts – Manufacturing and Processes," SAE Technical Paper 2002-01-0039, 2002, https://doi.org/10.4271/2002-01-0039.

Additional Details

Publisher: SAE International

Published: Mar 4, 2002

Product Code: 2002-01-0039

Content Type: Technical Paper

Language: English