100th Hot Stamping Line Sold
Order from Chinese automotive supplier confirms continuing trend towards lightweight technology advanced by Schuler .
Hot Stamping has established itself on the market as an economical technology for lightweight automobile construction .
In 1993 , Schuler delivered the first three hot stamping lines to automobile manufacturer Ford in the USA . What was a brand-new method at the time has since established itself on the market as a global forming technology for automotive lightweight construction – and the trend continues unabated : Schuler has now sold what is the 100th hot stamping line to a Chinese automotive supplier .
“ Compared with forming aluminum , carbon fiberreinforced plastics and dual phase steels , this technology is an inexpensive alternative for lightweight automobile construction ,” as Daniel Huber explained , the head of Division Hydraulic at Schuler . Oemer Akyazici , the CEO of Schuler China , added : “ Chinese automobile manufacturers and automotive suppliers , such as Shanghai Superior Die Technology Co ., Ltd . ( SSDT ) or Baowei are increasingly turning to hot stamping .”
The method , which involves heating sheet steel blanks to 930 degrees and cooling them during forming , was first introduced in the early 1990s –
14 TUBE NEWS March 2018