Sheet metal forming operations in the automotive industry, including stamping, flanging,
bending, hemming and trimming, are dominantly done at room temperature (RT) …

Several key issues must be addressed before magnesium alloys can be used extensively in
the automotive body. At present, wrought magnesium sheet is primarily a niche material due …

The use of sheet magnesium for automobile body applications is limited, in part, due to its
low room temperature formability. Elevated temperature forming of magnesium sheet could …

The hot blow forming of magnesium sheet offers significant opportunity for forming complex,
lightweight parts for automotive applications. This paper characterizes the elevated …

While cast magnesium components have been extensively used in the automotive industry,
only niche applications are known to exist for magnesium sheets to this date. This is …

Lightweight sheet alloys with superior mechanical performance such as high strength,
ductility and formability at room temperature (RT) are desirable for high volume automotive …

Cosma R&D investigated a low temperature warm forming process by which a magnesium
ZEK 100 door inner part with a single-stage draw depth of 144 mm was successfully formed …

Comparing the formability with each other, extrusion and various rolling experiments were
carried out to make fine-grained AZ31 Mg sheets, and uni-axial tensile tests were carried out …

The substitution of conventional materials such as aluminium alloys and steels with the
lightest structural metal magnesium and its alloys can yield significant weight saving in the …

Magnesium sheet has received increasing interest for automotive body and closure
applications. However, implementation of these applications faces many challenges …