Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Rosa Lynda Nuno

Peter A Friedman

S George Luckey, Jr

Amanda Kay Freis

Aindrea McKelvey Campbell

Mark Edward Nichols

David John Hill

Nia R Harrison

Ronald Paul Cooper

Yingbing Luo

Yun Bai

George S Luckey

A method of manufacturing a metal component includes performing a test stamping process on a test sheet metal blank, generating a strain map of the test sheet metal blank for the test stamping process, generating a lubrication program based on the strain map, applying lubrication to the sheet metal according to the lubrication program, and stamping the sheet metal to form the metal component. The lubrication program is configured to control a lubrication system to apply lubrication to sheet metal in a non-uniform distribution across the sheet metal. The non-uniform distribution correlates to the strain map.

Method and system for lubricating and forming a metal component from sheet metal

A system and method of verifying that a part is heat treated to strengthen the part. The part is marked with a thermo-chromatic composition before heat treating. The part is then heat treated to strengthen the part and change the color of the thermo-chromatic composition to indicate successful completion of the heat treating process. A detector may act to prevent the inclusion of a non-heat treated part in an assembly by disabling an assembly tool. A controller may also provide data related to the completion of the heat treating process to be recorded in a database.

Method and system for using an irreversible thermo-chromatic indicator for quality assurance of a part subjected to heat treating

A system and a method of processing an F-temper aluminum alloy. An F-temper aluminum alloy blank may be heated and positioned in the die set such that the blank does not touch the die set. The blank may be formed into a part and quenched when the die set is closed.

System and method for manufacturing an F-temper 7xxx series aluminum alloy

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