A rolled steel sheet, for press hardening is provided, having a chemical composition where Ti/N>3.42, and the carbon, manganese, chromium and silicon contents satisfy: $2.6C+\frac{\mathrm{Mn}}{5.3}+\frac{\mathrm{Cr}}{13}+\frac{\mathrm{Si}}{15}\ge 1.1\%.$
The sheet has a nickel content Ni.sub.surf at any point of the steel in the vicinity of the surface over a depth Δ, such that: Ni.sub.surf >Ni.sub.nom, Ni.sub.nom denoting the nominal nickel content of the steel, and such that, Ni.sub.max denoting the maximum nickel content within Δ: $\frac{\left({\mathrm{Ni}}_{\max }+{\mathrm{Ni}}_{\mathrm{nom}}\right)}{2}\times \left(\Delta \right)\ge 0.6,$
and such that: $\frac{\left({\mathrm{Ni}}_{\max }-{\mathrm{Ni}}_{\mathrm{nom}}\right)}{\Delta }\ge 0.01$
and the surface density of all of the particles D.sub.i and the surface density of the particles D.sub.(>2 μm) larger than 2 micrometers satisfy, at least to a depth of 100 micrometers in the vicinity of the surface of said sheet:
D.sub.i+6.75 D.sub.(>2 μm) <270
D.sub.i and D.sub.(>2 μm) being expressed as number of particles per square millimeter, and said particles denoting all the oxides, sulfides, and nitrides, either pure or combined such as oxysulfides and carbonitrides, present in the steel matrix.

A method of producing a hot press-formed product, in which a die includes a hard layer having a skewness (Rsk), as measured in a direction from the outside of a die hole toward an inside of the die hole, of from −5.0 to 1.2, and a hardness Hv_Die of from HV 1,000 to 1,800, over the entirety of a region of a steel sheet contact surface that is adjacent to a die shoulder portion. The steel sheet contact surface is a surface located outside of the die hole and configured to contact a hot-dip galvannealed steel sheet that is to be subjected to hot press forming.

A method of producing a hot press-formed product, in which a die includes a hard layer having a skewness (Rsk), as measured in a direction from the outside of a die hole toward an inside of the die hole, of from −5.0 to 1.2, and a hardness Hv_Die of from HV 1,000 to 1,800, over the entirety of a region of a steel sheet contact surface that is adjacent to a die shoulder portion. The steel sheet contact surface is a surface located outside of the die hole and configured to contact a hot-dip galvannealed steel sheet that is to be subjected to hot press forming.

A system configured for deformation compensation in real time during a heat treatment performed on a component. The system comprises a supporting structure; two or more clamping devices arranged with the supporting structure, one or more clamping devices including a clamp, a load cell and a motor; and a processing and control system configured to collect signals from a load cell and to send signals based on the detected loads to a motor to compensate for deformation due to the heat treatment.

The invention concerns a method for production of a steel tubular product (1), in particular an airbag tubular product, with the following steps: a) provision of a steel tube (2), b) shaping of the steel tube (2) into a pre-geometry (3), wherein in an end region (4), an outer diameter (5) of the steel tube (2) is reduced by axial movement into an outer tool, c) calibration of an inner diameter (7) of the pre-geometry (3), wherein the pre-geometry (3) is still laid in the outer tool, and an inner mandrel, with an outer diameter corresponding to the inner diameter (7) of the calibrated pre-geometry (3), is introduced into the end region (4) of the pre-geometry (3), and the pre-geometry (3) is pressed against the outer tool such that the inner diameter (7) of the pre-geometry (3) is calibrated by shaping, d) removal of the pre-geometry (3) from the outer tool (5) and removal of the inner mandrel from the pre-geometry (3), e) axial movement of the pre-geometry (3) into a drawing tool with a roll-in contour having a pot-like concavity, with simultaneous shaping of the pre-geometry (3) into the tubular product (1) with a rotationally symmetrical outlet opening (8) positioned centrally in the end face, f) removal of the tubular product (1) from the drawing tool.

The present invention provides a hot-stamping formed article made of steel, in which the hot-stamping formed article has at least one of a tensile strength of 1200 MPa or more and a martensitic steel structure and includes a first portion, a corner portion, and a second portion, which are sequentially continuous from one end portion to the other end portion in a longitudinal direction, each of the first portion, the corner portion, and the second portion includes a top sheet and two vertical walls connected to the top sheet when viewed in a cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, the second portion includes a first outwardly-extending flange adjacent to the vertical wall, and the corner portion includes a vertical flange extending from the vertical wall of the first portion, a second outwardly-extending flange adjacent to the vertical wall located on an outer peripheral side of the corner portion out of the two vertical walls, and a transition portion in which the vertical flange and the second outwardly-extending flange are continuous.

In accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a steel material for a tailor-welded blank, including 0.04 to 0.06 wt % of carbon (C), 1.2 to 1.5 wt % of manganese (Mn), 0.01 to 0.10 wt % of titanium (Ti), 0.01 to 0.10 wt % of niobium (Nb), and the balance of iron (Fe) and inevitable impurities; having a tensile strength (TS) of 550 MPa or greater, a yield strength (YS) of 300 MPa or greater, and an elongation (EL) of 20% or greater; and having a dual-phase structure of ferrite and martensite.

A method includes press forming a metal sheet into an intermediate formed product bent out of a plane and forming into a desired press-formed component shape. In a region to be a flange portion, an angle to be bent out of the plane is equal to or less than an angle formed by the flange portion at the curved portion in the press-formed component shape. The projection portion has a largest projection height at the center portion in the longitudinal direction of the region to be the curved portion as seen in the side view, and a longitudinal length of a region to be the top sheet portion is set to coincide with or approach a longitudinal length of the top sheet portion in the press-formed component shape.

A method includes press forming a metal sheet into an intermediate formed product bent out of a plane and forming into a desired press-formed component shape. In a region to be a flange portion, an angle to be bent out of the plane is equal to or less than an angle formed by the flange portion at the curved portion in the press-formed component shape. The projection portion has a largest projection height at the center portion in the longitudinal direction of the region to be the curved portion as seen in the side view, and a longitudinal length of a region to be the top sheet portion is set to coincide with or approach a longitudinal length of the top sheet portion in the press-formed component shape.

This press forming method includes a first drawing step for forming a first drawn step portion, a second drawing step for forming a second drawn step portion, and a finishing step for completing a stepped portion. In the first drawing step, a first outside curved portion is formed to the outside of a second outside curved portion with respect to an extension region of a character line, and a first parallel portion is formed to the same depth as the drawn depth of a second parallel portion. In the second drawing step, a second inside curved portion having a greater curvature than a first inside curved portion is formed.