AP&T receives order from Mercedes-Benz for partial press hardening system

AP&T in Germany has received an order for its TemperBox partial press hardening system from Mercedes-Benz in Sindelfingen, Germany. The order also includes AP&T’s multilayer furnace, automation equipment, control system, and integration.

“TemperBox makes it possible to combine hard and soft zones in one and the same structural part, thereby creating new possibilities for innovative design, making the next generation of vehicles lighter and safer,” said Achim Krauß, area sales manager at AP&T in Germany.

The system will be used for test manufacturing a number of different parts. The blank to be formed is transported from a loading station to one of the usual furnace layers with the help of a 4-axis SpeedFeeder. After being heated, the blank is transferred to the TemperBox module for partial cooling. It then moves on to be fed and formed in the press tool.