Gestamp Hardtech Ab

Jan Larsson

Hans Bodin

Daniel Berglund

Paul Akerstrom

Emil Olofsson

A B-pillar is shaped from a sheet blank () into a hat profile with a central flange (), two sides () and two side flanges (), and it has, over a portion of its length, a reinforcing sheet () that make the B-pillar have double sheets. The reinforcing sheet () extends out over the side flanges () over at least &#xbc; of its length and narrows down at both its ends so that it does not extend out over the side flanges over part of its length.

B-pillar and method of manufacturing it

In a press-hardening plant, a contact-cooling press () is provided between the furnace () and the press-hardening press (). Preselected parts of the blank () are contact-cooled such that corresponding parts of the finished product are softer and display a lower yield point.

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Lulea, Sweden

Jan Larsson