Tag Archives: Boron B-Pillar

2011 Ford Fiesta Boron Body Cage

Over 50% of the new 2011 Ford Fiesta’s body structure is constructed out of lightweight, incredibly high-strength Boron steel.  The use of Boron Steel is borrowed from Volvo. However, the super steel compound was only used in select key areas, ...

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Hot Press Harderned Boron B-Pillars

How strong is manganese-boron steel?  The image below shows how hot the boron blank is hotted up to before it is stamped! By adding heat to the stamping process the B–Pillars can have the tensile strength increased by 500MPa.  Standard ...

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Stalled Cutters, Blades Spread Apart?

It is 3am and you are on the scene of a MVA with a single occupant trapped in a late model Subaru that has the passenger side of the vehicle resting against the right shoulder wall. Your rescue company makes ...

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Ford F150 Roof and B-Pillar made of UHSS and Boron

Take a look at the image below. There is some major reinforcements in the roof in the B-Pillar area. Robotic YAG laser welders put the cab cage together with continuous seam weld joining hydro formed tubes in pillars and roof ...

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Subaru, UHSS, and Boron

After several request for information on the Boron and Ultra-high Strength Steel (UHSS) used in Subaru vehicles I decided to put together a post. Subaru is well known for the use of Boron and UHSS so I steered cleared of ...

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