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    MetalForming
February 2022 | Volume 56 — Number 2
Cover Story
12 AutomotiveIndustryOverview:
Challenges Loom for 2022
The coming year most certainly will be challenging, but if the consumers remain optimistic and demand continues, the automotive-industry’s recovery is expected to remain intact. Yet market conditions have suppliers on edge, grappling with the dramatic pace of industry change. Here’s a look at what lies ahead.
Features
18 Steel’sRoleintheMigration to Electrification
Steel—in all of its newfound alloys, including 3rd Gen advanced high-strength grades—still rules the roost in automotive applications, and that won’t change with the migration to electric vehicles. Here we discuss some new-wave applications for these newer steels, and some breakthrough metal forming technologies enabling their use..
24 FutureSuccessin Supplying the Auto Industry
...hinges on a two-pronged approach at Tier One body-in-white manufacturer Kirchhoff Automotive: workforce development, coupled with a commitment to investing in the latest technology, including servo presses, automated welding cells, and the accompanying equipment and processes to enable quick changeovers to handle smaller lot sizes.
32 BettingonBEVs
                                        What do metal formers and fabricators need to know to best take advantage of the trend toward higher production of battery electric vehicles?
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Commentaries
4 Editorial
The Only Constant is Change
Brad Kuvin
10 Tooling by Design
Transfer-System Considerations Peter Ulintz
40 Metal Matters
Edge Cracking in Advanced Automotive Steels
Daniel J. Schaeffler, Ph.D.
Departments
News Fronts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Tech Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Spotlight on PMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Ad Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
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Cutting Edge
Correcting Common Misconceptions Regarding Steel Grades
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