Lightweight Door Outer Project (2004)

This Phase 2 (2002) A/SP Lightweight Closures Project sought to optimize material usage on a single-piece door inner panel using several different technologies. Technologies considered were 1) multi-piece tailor welded blanks (TWBs), 2) 2D TWBs, 3) patch blanks and 4)...

Lightweight Closures Project (2001)

The A/SP Automotive Lightweight Closures Project is a research initiative whose aim is to optimize a current production-intent sport utility vehicle door, using the automobile industry’s largest resource, steel.

Lightweight Closures Project (2002)

The 2002 A/SP Lightweight Closures Project was redirected to optimize material usage on a single-piece door inner panel using several different technologies. These technologies considered were multi-piece tailor welded blanks (TWBs), 2D TWBs, patch blanks and...

Lightweight Suspension Project (Front Lower Control Arm)

The objective of this project was to develop lightweight sheet and forged steel proof-of-concept front lower control arm (FLCA) designs that achieve equivalent structural performance and function at a reduced cost relative to the baseline forged aluminum FLCA...