Efforts Improving Forming Technology for Ultra-High-Strength Steel Sheets in the Western Part of Shizuoka Prefecture

Abstract

The transportation equipment industry is flourishing in the western part of Shizuoka prefecture, and many manufacturers of automobile parts are concentrated. In recent years, due to the weight reduction and safety improvement of transportation equipment, high-strength and difficult-to-process high-strength steel plate stamped parts have been widely used in automobiles. Improving the molding technology is a major issue for the region. Here, "Hamamatsu UHSS Research Group," a collaborative group of industry, academia and government to improve the cold press manufacturing technology for high-strength steel sheets in the region is introduced.