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Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2019

Filed:

Jul. 02, 2015
Applicants:

Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe Ag, Duisburg, DE;

Thyssenkrupp Ag, Essen, DE;

Inventors:

Franz-Josef Lenze, Lennestadt, DE;

Janko Banik, Altena, DE;

Sascha Sikora, Lunen, DE;

Assignees:

THYSSENKRUPP STEEL EUROPE AG, Duisburg, DE;

THYSSENKRUPP AG, Essen, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C21D 7/13 (2006.01); B21J 1/06 (2006.01); B21J 5/06 (2006.01); C21D 1/673 (2006.01); B21C 37/02 (2006.01); B23P 9/00 (2006.01); C21D 1/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C21D 7/13 (2013.01); B21C 37/02 (2013.01); B21J 1/06 (2013.01); B21J 5/06 (2013.01); B23P 9/00 (2013.01); C21D 1/673 (2013.01); C21D 1/18 (2013.01); C21D 2221/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for hot forming, in particular for press hardening, a component is disclosed, wherein in a local region of the component a reduced martensitic hardness is produced by locally reducing a forming pressure which is exerted on a surface of the component.


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