Method for producing a sandwich structure

    公开(公告)号:US11046054B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-29

    申请号:US15741288

    申请日:2016-07-07

    Applicant: ArcelorMittal

    Inventor: Denis Jacquet

    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a sandwich structure including two steel skin layers separated by a polymeric layer is provided. The process includes dimensioning the sandwich structure according to a target to be attained by defining the target to be attained by three target values, i.e., tensile strength Tc expressed in kN/mm, bending stiffness Bc expressed in kN/mm, and surface mass Mc expressed in Kg/m2, defining a tolerance for the attainment of target values, defining the sandwich structure by five variables, i.e., the thickness Ea of the steel skin layers expressed in mm, the polymeric layer thickness Ep expressed in mm, the intrinsic Young's modulus Yp of the polymeric layer, the intrinsic density dp of the polymeric layer, and the volume ratio Rp of the polymeric layer expressed as a volume percentage of the polymeric layer of the material, identifying the Ea, Ep, Yp, dp, and Rp combinations enabling attainment of the target values having the defined tolerance, and determining, for each variable, an operating range. The process also includes selecting the steel and the polymeric layer for which each variable is within the range defined in the previous step and manufacturing the corresponding sandwich structure.

    Method for producing a welded metal blank and thus obtained welded metal blank

    公开(公告)号:US20210046577A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-18

    申请号:US16978898

    申请日:2019-03-07

    Applicant: ArcelorMittal

    Abstract: A method for producing a welded metal blank (16) includes cutting a first initial metal sheet (1) and a second initial metal sheet (3) from a first and second metal strip (4); joining the first and second initial metal sheets (1,3) by welding so as to obtain an initial welded metal blank (9), the initial welded metal blank (9) comprising a weld joint (10) joining the first and the second initial metal sheets (1,3); and cutting said initial welded metal blank (9) by a process involving metal melting so as to obtain at least one final welded metal blank (16) comprising a first metal blank portion (17) and a second metal blank portion (18) joined by a weld joint portion (19) consisting of a portion of the weld joint (10) obtained during the joining step.

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