Abstract: A method for producing a cold rolled steel sheet having a tensile strength?1470 MPa and a total elongation TE?19%, the method comprising the steps of annealing at an annealing temperature AT?Ac3 a non-treated steel sheet whose chemical composition contains in weight %: 0.34%?C?0.40%, 1.50%?Mn?2.30%, 1.50?Si?2.40%, 0%<Cr?0.7%, 0%?Mo?0.3%, 0.01%?Al?0.07%, the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities, quenching the annealed steel sheet by cooling it to a quenching temperature QT<Ms transformation point and between 150° C. and 250° C., and making a partitioning treatment by re-heating the quenched steel sheet to a partitioning temperature PT between 350° C. and 420° C. and maintaining the steel sheet at this temperature during a partitioning time Pt between 15 seconds and 250 seconds.

Abstract: A method for the manufacture of a cold rolled, recovered TWIP steel sheet coated with a metallic coating is provided including the following steps: (A) the feeding of a slab having the following composition: 0.1<C<1.2%, 13.0?Mn<25.0%, S?0.030%, P?0.080%, N?0.1%, Si?3.0%, and on a purely optional basis, one or more elements such as Nb?0.5%, B?0.005%, Cr?1.0%, Mo?0.40%, Ni?1.0%, Cu?5.0%, Ti?0.5%, V?2.5%, Al?4.0%, 0.06?Sn?0.2%, the remainder of the composition making up of iron and inevitable impurities resulting from elaboration; (B) Reheating such slab and hot rolling it; (C) A coiling step; (D) A first cold-rolling; (E) A recrystallization annealing; (F) A second cold-rolling; and (G) A recovery heat treatment performed by hot-dip coating.

Abstract: A method for producing a high strength coated steel sheet having a yield strength YS of at least 800 MPa, a tensile strength TS of >1180 MPa, a total elongation >14% and a hole expansion ratio HER >30%. The steel contains in weight %: 0.13%?C?0.22%, 1.2%?Si?1.8%, 1.8%?Mn?2.2%, 0.10%?Mo?0.20%, Nb?0.05%, Al?0.5%, the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities. The sheet is annealed at a temperature TA higher than Ac3 but less than 1000° C. for more than 30 s, then quenched by cooling temperature QT between 325° C. and 375° C., at a cooling speed sufficient to obtain a structure consisting of austenite and at least 60% of martensite, the austenite content being such that the final structure can contain between 3% and 15% of residual austenite and between 85 and 97% of the sum of martensite and bainite, without ferrite, then heated to a partitioning temperature PT between 430° C. and 480° C.

Abstract: A double-annealed steel sheet is provided. The composition of which includes, expressed in percent by weight, 0.20%?C?0.40%, 0.8%?Mn?1.4%, 1.60%?Si?3.00%, 0.015?Nb?0.150%, Al?0.1%, Cr?1.0%, S?0.006%, P?0.030%, Ti?0.05%, V?0.05%, B?0.003%, N?0.01%. A remainder of the composition includes iron and unavoidable impurities resulting from processing. The microstructure of the steel sheet includes, in area percentages, 10 to 30% residual austenite, 30 to 60% annealed martensite, 5 to 30% bainite, 10 to 30% fresh martensite and less than 10% ferrite A fabrication method and vehicle parts are also provided.

Abstract: A method of heat treatment of a non-metallic or metallic item is provided. The method includes at least one step of heat transfer between the item and a heat transfer fluid A?. The heat transfer fluid A? includes a fluid medium and nanoparticles having a lateral size between 26 and 50 ?m. The heat transfer fluid has a heat transfer coefficient below the heat transfer coefficient of water.

Abstract: The reinforcement element for reinforcing the structure of a door of a vehicle extends along a main direction and comprises at least a main portion having a reinforcing cross-section (40) extending in a plane substantially perpendicular to the main direction. The reinforcing cross-section (40) includes at least four adjacent branches (42a, 42b, 42c, 42d, 42e, 42f, 42g), each extending in different directions, two successive branches forming a non-zero angle, at least two of the non-zero angles being of opposite signs.

Abstract: A mast section (1) for a wind turbine having a longitudinal central axis (L) extending along a longitudinal direction includes at least two tubular mast elements (14) stacked along the longitudinal direction and arranged edge-to-edge at a joining plane (P). Each mast element (14) includes at least two wall segments (16), connected to one another by segment connectors (26) extending along longitudinal edges of the wall segments (16). The mast section (1) further includes element connectors (37) each extending astride the two mast elements (14), in the extension of the segment connectors (26) in the longitudinal direction. The mast section (1) further includes a plurality of element overconnectors (45), each element overconnector (45) extending astride a segment connector (26) and an adjacent element connector (37) in the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: A reinforcement structure containing: at least one elevation reinforcement profile extending along an elevation direction; at least one transversal reinforcement profile extending along a transversal direction, substantially perpendicular to the elevation direction and at least one compartment panel extending against the elevation reinforcement profile and transversal reinforcement profile; and at least one reinforcement member extending along at least part of the elevation reinforcement profile between the elevation reinforcement profile and the compartment panel, the reinforcement member made of a material having a tensile strength greater than the tensile strength of the material forming the elevation reinforcement profile.

Abstract: Methods for producing a three-dimensional vehicle door frame inner reinforcement element, for producing a vehicle door frame and for producing a vehicle reinforcement structure A method for producing a three-dimensional vehicle door frame inner reinforcement element (52) comprising an inner center pillar part (66), an inner front pillar part (68) and an inner side rail part (64) joining the inner center pillar part (66) and the inner front pillar part (68). The method comprises: providing an inner center pillar blank, an inner front pillar blank and an inner side rail blank, said inner blanks being substantially planar, assembling the inner center pillar blank and the inner front pillar blank to the inner side rail blank in order to form a substantially planar door frame inner reinforcement blank, hot stamping the door frame inner reinforcement blank to shape the three-dimensional door frame inner reinforcement element (52).

Abstract: A pre-coated steel strip is provided. The steel strip includes a strip of base steel having a length, a width, a first side, and a second side. The length of the strip is at least 100 m and the width is at least 600 mm. An aluminum or an aluminum alloy pre-coating is on at least part of at least one of the first or second sides of the strip of base steel. A thickness tp of the pre-coating is from 20 to 33 micrometers at every location on at least one of the first or second sides. Processes, coated stamped products and land motor vehicles are also provided.

Abstract: A method for producing a steel sheet having a microstructure including 71% to 91% martensite and bainite, 9% to 13% retained austenite, and at most 20% ferrite is provided. The method includes providing a cold-rolled steel sheet including, in weight percent: 0.13%?C?0.22%, 1.2%?Si?2.3%, 0.02%?Al?1.0%, with 1.25%?Si+Al?2.35%, 2.4%?Mn?3%, Ti?0.05%, Nb?0.05% and a remainder of Fe and unavoidable impurities, annealing the steel sheet to obtain 80% to 100% austenite and 0% to 20% ferrite, quenching the steel sheet at a cooling rate between 20° C./s and 50° C./s to a quenching temperature between 240° C. and 310° C., heating the steel sheet to a partitioning temperature between 400° C. and 465° C. and maintaining the steel sheet at the partitioning temperature for 50 to 250 seconds, then immediately cooling the sheet to room temperature. Steel sheets are also provided.

Abstract: A flatness roller includes a body having at least one cavity opening onto an outer surface of the body through a plurality of slots, two successive slots defining a lamella between them, each lamella being connected to the body by two connection portions. The flatness roller also includes at least one optical fibre having at least one strain sensor having a measurement axis. Each strain sensor is housed in a cavity and attached at a connection portion of a lamella, the measurement axis forming an angle less than or equal to 20° with a plane orthogonal to the axis of revolution of the body. Each strain sensor is configured to send an optical response wave representative of a strain of the strain sensor according to the measurement axis thereof.

Abstract: The vehicle underbody structure comprises a floor panel, at least one longitudinal beam extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle under said floor panel and at least one transversal beam extending in a transversal direction, substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, above the floor panel, the floor panel extending transversally between two sides, the transversal beam comprising a transversal central end extending under a central area of said floor panel and a transversal side end extending at one of the sides of said floor panel, wherein the transversal beam comprising a central portion, extending between the central end and an intermediate part of the transversal beam, and an end portion, extending between the intermediate part and the side end, the resistance to plastic deformation of the central portion being greater than the resistance to plastic deformation of the end portion, and in that the intermediate part of the transversal beam extends upright of the longitudinal beam su

Abstract: A steel sheet coated with a metallic coating is provided. The coating includes from 1.0 to 22.0% by weight of zinc, from 0.1 to 1.0% by weight of titanium, from 1.6 to 15.0% by weight of silicon, below 0.5% by weight of magnesium, below 0.05% by weight of La or Ce or both, below 0.2% by weight of Sn and optionally, less than 0.3% by weight of additional elements chosen from Sb, Pb, Ca, Mn, Cr, Ni, Zr, In, Hf or Bi. A balance of the coating includes aluminum and optionally unavoidable impurities and residual elements. A microstructure of the coating does not include Al—Zn binary phases. A coated part is also provided.

Abstract: A bumper beam made of at least one roll formed steel sheet is described. The bumper beam contains an upper beam and a lower beam extending in a transversal direction, the upper beam and the lower beam each having a closed cross-section defined by a front wall, a rear wall, an upper wall and a lower wall, the upper wall and the lower wall joining the front wall to the rear wall, and a central wall extending between the front walls, the rear walls of the upper beam and of the lower beam forming both the lower wall of the upper beam and the upper wall of the lower beam, the central wall extending in at least two different planes.

Abstract: An apparatus for the continuous hot dip coating of a metal strip is provided The apparatus includes a vessel intended to contain a liquid metal bath, a bottom roller and a scroll casing of the metal strip. The casing includes, at its lower end, a pouring box delimiting a front pouring compartment for liquid metal and a rear pouring compartment for liquid metal. Each pouring compartment is inwardly delimited by an inner wall and outwardly delimited by an outer wall. The outer wall of the rear pouring compartment forms, with the passage plane of the metal strip, an angle greater than or equal to 15° in the usage configuration. A method is also provided.

Abstract: A method and a system for determining a mass of feedstock discharged by a conveyor during a first time interval ?t are disclosed. The method includes taking successive digital images of the feedstock in a specific zone of the conveyor being separated by a second time interval ?t of smaller duration than the first time interval ?t, for each of the second time intervals ?t: computing the advancing distance of a sub-volume of feedstock during the second time interval ?t in the specific zone of the conveyor by numerical treatment of the two successive images associated with the second time interval ?t; determining at least one transversal height profile of the sub-volume of feedstock; and determining an effective feedstock density for the sub-volume of feedstock.

Abstract: A vehicle front body structure containing an upper longitudinal beam and a upper fender rail for supporting a fender of the vehicle, said upper fender rail extending in a longitudinal direction substantially parallel to the upper longitudinal beam and having a front end and a rear end spaced apart along the longitudinal direction. The resistance to plastic deformation of the upper fender rail increases from the front end of the upper fender rail to the rear end of the upper fender rail. The yield strength of the material of the rear section is greater than the yield strength of the material of the front section and/or the rear section has a greater wall thickness than the wall thickness of the front section.

Abstract: The reinforcement member includes a body made of a press hardened steel having a tensile strength greater or equal to 1200 MPa. The body is coated with a zinc-based coating or with an aluminum-based coating and extends along a main direction. The reinforcement member also includes at least one tab extending from the body along a transversal direction forming a non-zero angle with the main direction. The bend between the body and the tab defines an intrados and an extrados. The tab is made of a cold bent part of the body, and the elongation of the extrados is between 10% and 25%.

Abstract: A method of controlling an electromagnetic stirrer arranged around a submerged entry nozzle (SEN) of a tundish provided with a stopper rod to control throughput of the tundish, the SEN being configured to provide tapping of molten metal from the tundish and the electromagnetic stirrer being configured to generate a rotating magnetic field in the SEN, wherein the method includes controlling the electromagnetic stirrer to operate only when a gas flow rate through the stopper rod is in a first range of 1.5 NL/min to 20 NL/min.