Tag Archives: UHSS

2010 Ford Edge UHSS?

The 2010 Ford Edge has earned a Top Safety Pick rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. That would mean there is some Ultra-high Strength Steel mixed in the body structure. Check back for what type of steel is ...

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2009 Audi A4 UHSS

The A4 is not an aluminum car. But what’s somewhat striking is that even the top U.S. Audi executive, de Nysschen, notes the fact that there is an extensive use of ultra-high-strength steel (UHSS UHSS Ultra-High-Strength Steel ). This is ...

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What is a Body in White (BIW)?

Today I want to focus on a little terminolgy. First off, BIW stands for Body in White . All activities in the production of a Vehicle Body or Shell before it goes to the Paint shop are done in a ...

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Volvo XC90 BIW Boron and UHSS

The XC90’s body structure as shown in the image below. High strength steels (Dual Phase, HSLA and el Rephos) make up the majority of the front end and rear structure. The front rails are hydroformed. Of the 13 parts that ...

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Free UHSS Extrication Training DVD

I received a copy of an extrication DVD put together by State Farm. The DVD is only a couple years old but has boat loads of useful information. One of the contributors in this DVD is Ron Moore. Many of ...

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UHSS Guide

I am currently putting the finishing touches on a PowerPoint presentation as a UHSS Guide. This guide has all parts of the vehicle that we may need to understand what type of steel is used and how thick it is ...

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2010 Acura TL Ultra-high Strength Steel

The 2010 TL has widespread use of high-strength sheet steel, which provides benefits in ride, handling and overall durability. The TL uses five different types of high-strength steel, including ultra high-strength hot-stamp steel that is heated before it is stamped ...

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Extrication Challenges of Advanced Steel

Firehouse has section on their website and magazine called University of extrication with most articles written by Ron Moore. Ron wrote a 5 part series on the Extrication Challenges of Advanced Steel In Vehicles: Part 1 – More Steel Part ...

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2010 Porsche Panamera Body Structure (UHSS)

2010 Porsche Panamera Body Structure. The body shell is knitted together from a number of metals. High strength steels, including Boron-alloyed (shown in red), polyphase (orange), and micro-alloyed (yellow) are used to create an ultra-stiff passenger safety cell. The voluptuous ...

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