Save weight with ultralights
Direct comparisons make it clear. Based on the model of a mid-size car, our technical experts have simulated a comparison of the steel originally used with ultralights.
The simulation results speak for themselves: Innovative ultralights provide the same crash safety, yet with significantly reduced weight. See the direct comparisons in our SLIMulations. Let your ideas fly when selecting the just the right material.
Professional consultation and material cards
Consult with the technical experts at voestalpine. They will be happy to provide additional information about component comparisons. The material data at voestalpine for forming simulations are available for simulation programs. Characteristic data for crash simulations are available free of charge upon request. Material cards are also available for high-strength steels for calculations in crash solvers such as LS-Dyna, PAM-Crash, Radioss and Abaqus.
Crash tests
Crash tests have been calculated for each component. These tests evaluate the crash safety at the front and rear as well as the roof and side structures of the vehicle.
Best of weight savings
10.09 kg for just a few components made of voestalpine ultralights
- optimale Stähle für unterschiedlichste Anwendungen mit ahss classic, ahss high-ductility, martensitic steels und phs-scalefree®
- Applications: Side members, door impact members, B pillars, rocker panels and roof frames, crash boxes and bumpers
SLIMulations with martensitic steels
2.70 kg weight saving using the product developed by voestalpine.
- Excellent cold formability in bending and roll-forming while maintaining the highest strength levels
- Applications: Bumper, outer rocker panel, inner rocker panel, door impact beam, rear bumper
SLIMulations with ahss classic
4.09 kg weight savings with CP and DP cold-forming steels
- Dual-phase and complex-phase steels with various property profiles
- Applications: Crash box, side member, B pillar, roof frame, roof bows
SLIMulations with phs-scalefree®
1.49 kg weight savings with the innovative hot-forming steel
- The first hot-forming steel up to 2000 MPa with a thin zinc coating
- Applications: B pillars and roof frames
SLIMulations with ahss high-ductility
3.58 kg weight savings with CP and DP HD cold-forming steels
- Dual-phase and complex-phase high-ductility steels with best formability and excellent crash performance
- Applications: Side member strike plate, B-pillar, seat crossmember, sill outer part, rear crash box, rear bumper
Let your ideas fly
Please contact us for more information about SLIMulations. Our technical specialists will be happy to provide professional consultation.
