On April 16, press, automation and tooling supplier APT, Monroe, NC, held its Hot Stamping Seminar Tour just outside of Detroit, Ml. Several speakers at the day-long event shed some much-needed light on the rapidly up-and-coming hot-stamping process for forming automotive parts from advanced- and ultra-high-strength steels. As steel companies continue to develop what could accurately be referred to as superalloys - with properties that most metallurgists may have never dreamed possible - forming-technology leaders such as APT and its partner companies are tackling the giant task of developing processes that allow manufacturers to turn those steels into parts.
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