AHSS Repairability

A presentation delivered by Mike Palko, Ford Motor Company, at the 2019 Great Designs in Steel. The purpose of this project was to evaluate various weld repair processes and to provide joint test data for use by OEMs.  

Repairability of AHSS: Zinc Removal and Hole Size Study

A presentation given by Justin Hunt, Stellantis, at the 2024 Great Designs in Steel. Project objective was to assess zinc coating removal as a method to mitigate LME cracking in 980 3rd Generation steel GMAW plug joints and to determine the effects of GMAW plug joint...