Description
Estimated Time: 0,5 hours
Language: English
Summary of the lecture
Learn to explain PHS processes, grades, and innovations through a self-paced microlearning module focused on automotive applications.
This course explores press hardening steel (PHS) grades and their role in automotive manufacturing. It explains how the press hardening process increases steel strength, introduces key materials such as 22MnB5, and outlines direct and indirect processing routes. The module also highlights the impact of coatings, evolving steel grades, and recent innovations such as PQS, multi-step forming, and composite steels, showing how these developments enhance performance, safety, and lightweight design.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Describe the press hardening process and how it increases steel strength.
- Identify key PHS grades such as 22MnB5 and their characteristics.
- Explain the role of coatings and different process routes (direct and indirect).
- Recognize recent innovations in PHS, including PQS, multi-step forming, and composite steels.
- Understand how advanced steel developments support lightweighting and performance in automotive applications.