An Investigation into the Effect of Materials on Joining for Automotive Panel Using Tailor Welded Blanks

A laser welded blank for use in applications calling for tailor welded blank (TWB) in vehicle panel assemblies. A promising approach to reduce manufacturing costs, decrease vehicle weight, and improve the quality of automotive body components is through the use of tailor-welded blanks. This ter...

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Main Authors:	N. M. Zuki, N. M., M. M., Rahman, M. M., Noor, K., Kadirgama, M. R. M., Rejab
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2008
Subjects:	TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Online Access:	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/1373/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/1373/1/An_Investigation_Into_The_Effect_Of_Materials_On_Joining_For_Automotive_Panel_Using_Tailor_Welded_Blanks..pdf

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spelling	oai:umpir.ump.edu.my:13732018-01-09T01:02:11Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/1373/ An Investigation into the Effect of Materials on Joining for Automotive Panel Using Tailor Welded Blanks N. M. Zuki, N. M. M. M., Rahman M. M., Noor K., Kadirgama M. R. M., Rejab TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery A laser welded blank for use in applications calling for tailor welded blank (TWB) in vehicle panel assemblies. A promising approach to reduce manufacturing costs, decrease vehicle weight, and improve the quality of automotive body components is through the use of tailor-welded blanks. This term refers to blanks where multiple sheets of material are welded together to create a single blank prior to the forming process. The welding process creates formability concerns in a traditional forming process due to material property changes in the weld and in the heat-affected zone adjacent to the weld. Malaysian automotive manufacturers are still lack of this advancement. Hence, this project endeavors to build a platform for the industries by pioneering researches in this area. This paper presents to investigate the weld properties of high strength steel laser weld for joining the automotive panel. Laser weld and different types of steel are considered in this study. Experiment was carried out to determine the properties of materials after welding, forming and drawing process of TWB. It is observed from the acquired results that the potential TWB gives the best material combination. It can be seen that cross sectional area and steel grade are the most significant subjected to the tensile loading. 2008 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/1373/1/An_Investigation_Into_The_Effect_Of_Materials_On_Joining_For_Automotive_Panel_Using_Tailor_Welded_Blanks..pdf N. M. Zuki, N. M. and M. M., Rahman and M. M., Noor and K., Kadirgama and M. R. M., Rejab (2008) An Investigation into the Effect of Materials on Joining for Automotive Panel Using Tailor Welded Blanks. In: Regional Conference on Vehicle Engineering and Technology, RIVET08, 15-17 July 2008 , Kuala Lumpur. pp. 22-26..
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spellingShingle	TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery N. M. Zuki, N. M. M. M., Rahman M. M., Noor K., Kadirgama M. R. M., Rejab An Investigation into the Effect of Materials on Joining for Automotive Panel Using Tailor Welded Blanks
description	A laser welded blank for use in applications calling for tailor welded blank (TWB) in vehicle panel assemblies. A promising approach to reduce manufacturing costs, decrease vehicle weight, and improve the quality of automotive body components is through the use of tailor-welded blanks. This term refers to blanks where multiple sheets of material are welded together to create a single blank prior to the forming process. The welding process creates formability concerns in a traditional forming process due to material property changes in the weld and in the heat-affected zone adjacent to the weld. Malaysian automotive manufacturers are still lack of this advancement. Hence, this project endeavors to build a platform for the industries by pioneering researches in this area. This paper presents to investigate the weld properties of high strength steel laser weld for joining the automotive panel. Laser weld and different types of steel are considered in this study. Experiment was carried out to determine the properties of materials after welding, forming and drawing process of TWB. It is observed from the acquired results that the potential TWB gives the best material combination. It can be seen that cross sectional area and steel grade are the most significant subjected to the tensile loading.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	N. M. Zuki, N. M. M. M., Rahman M. M., Noor K., Kadirgama M. R. M., Rejab
author_facet	N. M. Zuki, N. M. M. M., Rahman M. M., Noor K., Kadirgama M. R. M., Rejab
author_sort	N. M. Zuki, N. M.
title	An Investigation into the Effect of Materials on Joining for Automotive Panel Using Tailor Welded Blanks
title_short	An Investigation into the Effect of Materials on Joining for Automotive Panel Using Tailor Welded Blanks
title_full	An Investigation into the Effect of Materials on Joining for Automotive Panel Using Tailor Welded Blanks
title_fullStr	An Investigation into the Effect of Materials on Joining for Automotive Panel Using Tailor Welded Blanks
title_full_unstemmed	An Investigation into the Effect of Materials on Joining for Automotive Panel Using Tailor Welded Blanks
title_sort	investigation into the effect of materials on joining for automotive panel using tailor welded blanks
publishDate	2008
url	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/1373/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/1373/1/An_Investigation_Into_The_Effect_Of_Materials_On_Joining_For_Automotive_Panel_Using_Tailor_Welded_Blanks..pdf
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An Investigation into the Effect of Materials on Joining for Automotive Panel Using Tailor Welded Blanks

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