Hot Stamping

Interlaken offers turnkey fully automated hot stamping press systems. The Interlaken Hot Stamping Press has become an essential manufacturing system in meeting high demand for stronger and lighter materials for volume manufacturing of automotive components.

Interlaken’s Hot Stamping Press provides the flexibility and advantage of utilizing the much sought-after high strength materials without the worry of springback often found in these high-strength steels. Interlaken’s extensive research and production system expertise has put them on the leading edge in hot stamping system technology.

Hot stamping is the process of evenly heating a steel blank, forming it at precise forming pressures and then cooling it at controlled temperatures in the die. A uniform quenching or hardening cooling process takes place while the hydraulic press dwells for a few seconds. Because the part is rapidly cooled in the die while the press is dwelling, spring back is minimal.

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hot steel blank for hydraulic press  

The fully automated hydraulic press system can be easily configured to manufacture a variety of parts. With quick change dies and tooling, the Interlaken Hot Stamping Press is quickly configured to run a new part with very little down time.

Interlaken has implemented several QC/QA features in their controller to ensure that the system is operating properly. System alarms can be set to notify operators of changes detected in any step of the hot stamping process.

With an Interlaken Hot Stamping Press, you have the ability to manufacture complex-shaped parts made of very light weight, high-strength materials. The increased performance of the hot stamped parts over cold stamped parts has allowed manufacturers to eliminate production of other weight-bearing supports, thus eliminating unnecessary material and assembly costs. The overall mass of hot stamped assemblies can be significantly reduced as well.

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some automotive parts are hot stamped

Automobile transmission tunnels are hot stamped components.

 

Automotive Parts Presently Known to be Hot Stamped

  • frame rails
  • A and B pillar reinforcements
  • beltline reinforcement
  • rear bumper
  • rocker panel reinforcement
  • side member reinforcement
  • roof rail reinforcement

System Information

  • fuel tank guard
  • front bumper
  • transmission tunnel
  • mounting plate front wall
  • carrier understructure
  • instrument panel cowls

 

 

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