A method is provided for producing a hot-formed component, in particular a sheet-metal component made of steel, aluminum, magnesium or a combination of the materials. The method includes the acts of: heating a semifinished product, in particular a sheet-metal blank or a pre-shaped sheet-metal component, inserting the semifinished product into a molding tool, and quenching the semifinished product in the molding tool, wherein a change is made to the microstructure of the material at least in one portion. Before the insertion of the semifinished product into the molding tool, an insulating device is applied in at least one predetermined region of the semifinished product. The insulating device is connected in a form-fitting, integral and/or force-fitting manner to the semifinished product.

The invention relates to use of an aqueous composition for pretreating can body stock, whereby an inorganic-organic conversion layer is formed, which effects outstanding sliding behavior of the shaped can body stock and in addition offers an outstanding holding primer for subsequent coating. The invention comprises a process in which can body stock which is deep-drawn to form a half-open can cylinder, before further shaping processes, is contacted with an acidic aqueous composition which contains water-soluble inorganic compounds of Zr, Ti, Si, Hf or Ce, water-soluble polymers having carboxyl groups or hydroxyl groups and also a dispersed wax. Both outer and inner surfaces of metallic can cylinders can be pretreated in the process. The invention also relates to an acidic aqueous composition for use in the pretreatment process, which contains water-soluble polymers selected from condensation products of glycoluril and aldehydes.

The present invention relates to a hot stamped component, a precoated steel sheet used for hot stamping, and a hot stamping process. The hot stamped component of the present invention is provided with a coating of aluminium or an aluminium alloy on at least one surface of the base steel, the coating is produced by interdiffusion between the base steel and a precoating of aluminium or aluminium alloy, and the coating has a thickness of 6 to 26 m.

A method of manufacturing a cylindrical battery case includes performing an ironing process, which is one of the processes of manufacturing the battery case, a plurality of times in order to decrease the surface roughness of the battery case, thereby improving the corrosion characteristics of the battery case. The surface roughness of the cylindrical battery case is decreased by performing a thickness reducing process when a process for forming the outer circumferential surface of a body of the cylindrical battery case is performed at the time of manufacturing the cylindrical battery case. In addition, corrosion characteristics are improved for respective values of the surface roughness.

The invention relates to a manufacturing process of aluminum alloy beverage cans by Drawing-Ironing, characterized in that a friction higher between the bodymaker punch and the aluminum sheet than between the ironing die and said aluminum sheet is produced by at least one of the following specificities: An aluminum sheet with an internal surface significantly higher in roughness than the external one Ironing dies with rounded intersections between infeed as well as exit surface and the land, with a smooth surface in the working area and a short width of the land A bodymaker punch with an extra roughness and an isotropic texture. It also relates to a beverage can manufactured by such a process, and characterized in that its reflectance measured at 60 is higher than 73% just after the last ironing step.

A surface treatment solution for a plated steel sheet to be hot-pressed comprising a ZnO aqueous dispersion (A) and a water dispersible organic resin (B), wherein the ZnO aqueous dispersion (A) comprises water and ZnO particle size having 50 to 300 nm particles, the water dispersible organic resin (B) has a 5 to 45 mgKOH/g acid value and 5 to 300 nm emulsion particle size, and a mass ratio (W.sub.A/W.sub.B) of a mass of ZnO particles in the ZnO aqueous dispersion (W.sub.A) to a mass of solid content of the water dispersible organic resin (W.sub.B) is 30/70 to 95/5.

The present invention discloses a machining process for manufacturing a motor housing by using metal titanium, including the following machining steps: Calendar process is adopted, use stamping equipment to stamp the base of the titanium motor housing, apply lubricant on the surface of the die before stamping, and attach a lubricating film on the surface of metal titanium to be stamped; Calendar process is adopted, use stamping equipment to stamp the barrel-shaped titanium motor housing, apply lubricant on the surface of the die before stamping, and attach a lubricating film on the surface of metal titanium to be stamped, and after stamping, a barrel-shaped housing with a barrel depth to port diameter ratio of 1.21.8:1 is obtained; Spray and cleanse the housing base obtained from stamping in S1 and the barrel-shaped motor housing obtained from stamping in S2; Assemble the housing base and the barrel-shaped housing obtained in S3 to form the motor housing product; Inspect the assembled motor housing obtained in S4.

The present invention discloses a machining process for manufacturing a motor housing by using metal titanium, including the following machining steps: Calendar process is adopted, use stamping equipment to stamp the base of the titanium motor housing, apply lubricant on the surface of the die before stamping, and attach a lubricating film on the surface of metal titanium to be stamped; Calendar process is adopted, use stamping equipment to stamp the barrel-shaped titanium motor housing, apply lubricant on the surface of the die before stamping, and attach a lubricating film on the surface of metal titanium to be stamped, and after stamping, a barrel-shaped housing with a barrel depth to port diameter ratio of 1.21.8:1 is obtained; Spray and cleanse the housing base obtained from stamping in S1 and the barrel-shaped motor housing obtained from stamping in S2; Assemble the housing base and the barrel-shaped housing obtained in S3 to form the motor housing product; Inspect the assembled motor housing obtained in S4.

Provided is a coated steel sheet including a steel sheet, a first aluminum coating layer provided on a first surface of the steel sheet, a zinc compound layer or a metallic zinc layer provided on a surface of the first aluminum coating layer, and a second aluminum coating layer provided on a second surface of the steel sheet, as an outermost surface of the steel sheet. Further provided are a coated steel sheet coil using this coated steel sheet, and a method of producing a hot-press formed article, as well as an automobile part using a press formed article produced by the method of producing a hot-press formed article.

The invention relates to a hot-forming composite material (1) composed of an at least three-layer material composite comprising a core layer (1.1) of a hardenable steel and two outer layers (1.2), cohesively bonded to the core layer (1.1), of a ferritic, transformation-free FeAlCr steel.