Costing Impact Fatigue Test – Phase II

This report documents the tasks accomplished in Phase II of the Coating Impact Fatigue Test project. Different from the test method used in Phase I, where the coating failures were studied using an impact tester without a sliding motion, an Extended Impact Fatigue...

Evaluation of Die Wear with Stamping DP 1180 Steel

A presentation delivered by Wei Wu, AK Steel, at the 2017 Great Designs in Steel. Project objectives were to study die wear durability of various tooling materials and coatings for flanging operations on bare DP1180 steel and update OEM tooling standards based on the...