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Cold-rolled steel strip

Cold-rolled steel strip

Cold-rolled steel strip made by voestalpine covers a wide range of materials combined with various surface finishes. In meeting specific requirements, the portfolio ranges from ultra-soft forming grades with the best surface properties for exposed panels to highest-strength grades for lightweight design. The high strength of these cold-rolled grades can even nearly reach that of the hot-forming steels. The homogeneity of the mechanical-technological properties coupled with the respective surface design also ensures optimum processability in the designated area of application.

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Cold-rolled steel strip

Cold-rolled steel strip made by voestalpine covers a wide range of materials, combined with various surface finishes. Depending on the specific requirements, the portfolio ranges from ultra-soft forming grades with the best surface properties for exposed panels to highest-strength grades for lightweight design that include hot-forming steels because of their high strength. The homogeneity of the mechanical-technological properties coupled with the respective surface design also ensures optimum processability in the designated area of application.

Cold-rolled steel strip from voestalpine offers a versatile material portfolio with a variety of surface finishes that are tailored to the highest requirements in processing and component application. The spectrum ranges from deep-drawing steels with excellent surface quality in exposed components to the highest-strength grades that meet the most demanding strength requirements in lightweight automotive design that include hot-forming steels because of their high strength.

Thanks to state-of-the-art manufacturing technologies, our cold-rolled steels are characterized by the following characteristics: 

  • Excellent surface quality that is ideal for exposed components
  • Excellent cold formability for complex geometries and high production reliability
  • Highly uniform mechanical properties for stable processes and consistent component quality
  • Tight thickness tolerances thanks to high-precision control in state-of-the-art equipment

From simple sections to complex deep-drawn parts

The comprehensive steel grade program makes cold-rolled steel strip a genuine all-rounder. These materials are used in applications ranging from simple sections to complex deep-drawn parts. Cold-rolled steel strip is used in the household appliance industry in washing machines, dishwashers, tumble dryers, refrigerators, ranges and hot water tanks. Cold-rolled steels are also used in the radiator industry, the automotive industry (car body parts with low corrosion stress), the packaging industry and the tube and section industry.

Dual-phase and complex-phase steels are supplied by voestalpine as ahss classic cold-forming steels for a wide range of applications in lightweight automotive design.

High-strength cold forming steels

Ultralights made by voestalpine comprise cold-forming steels with high strength and excellent formability. These materials are specially designed for lightweight automotive design, where both weight savings and high energy absorption are crucial in the event of a crash. MS1500 expands the product range with an ultra-high-strength solution in addition to our existing high-ductility grades.

Uncoated hot-forming steels

Excellent surface quality 

phs-uncoated stands for uncoated hot-forming grades made by voestalpine and was specially developed for the highest demands in lightweight automotive design. The grades combine excellent formability in as-delivered condition with maximum strength after hardening, which is ideal for safety-related components with complex geometries. phs-uncoated impresses with reliable process reliability, very good weldability and high dimensional accuracy. For innovative lightweight solutions where corrosion protection is not a priority.

Der unbeschichtete Warmumformstahl phs-uncoated für pressgehärtete Bauteile überzeugt im automobilen Leichtbau mit ausgezeichneten Material- und Verarbeitungseigenschaften.

Cold-rolled enamelable steels

Cold-rolled enameled steels are characterized by a homogeneous surface, tight dimensional tolerances and good forming properties. They were specially developed for enameling and feature a permanent, decorative and corrosion-resistant coating. Typical applications include household appliances as well as plumbing and heating technologies, where high surface quality and resistance are required.

Steel selection and information at the click of a mouse in the voestalpine Product Data System.

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With its forward-looking technological developments, voestalpine is setting new standards in the automotive industry.

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Looking for the lightweight automotive design of tomorrow?

The automotive industry is undergoing unprecedented change. Technological developments are progressing at an enormous pace. The demands on efficiency and safety are enormous and are being completely redefined in ever shorter periods of time. In this highly innovative environment, anyone who believes that today's solutions must be valid tomorrow will be proven wrong by the competition. voestalpine is working now on the solutions of tomorrow. Whether for crash components, exposed panels that meet the highest surface requirements or body-in-white components, voestalpine provides the best solution for every demand of the automotive and automotive supplier industries. That is why leading OEMs and automotive component suppliers place their trust in voestalpine.

Let your ideas fly! That's ultralights

Transforming ideas into lighter, stronger and more corrosion-resistant components. That is the credo of ultralights made by voestalpine. The ultralights made by voestalpine offer a comprehensive range of steels for lightweight automotive design, from advanced high-strength steels (ahss) for cold forming to innovative solutions for the hot forming of galvanized press-hardening steels (phs). That is how voestalpine pushes the limits of what is efficiently feasible in the automotive industry.

Lightweight AND crash-safe!

Weight reduction is a central objective in the automotive industry. Less weight results in advantages in performance and efficiency. But does reduced weight also mean less stability? Results from the voestalpine crash simulator prove otherwise. This is where the high-strength and innovative car body steels of voestalpine are tested to the limit so they can be used in demanding applications, even in the most extreme cases. The results speak for themselves. The progressive buckling behavior and energy absorption values are excellent in spite of the light weight of the material.

Who's Stella?

Stella Sustainable is a testimonial to the sustainable future of the automotive industry. Holistic corporate social responsibility (CSR) is of particular importance to voestalpine. There are many other issues in addition to climate protection, future steel production, ecological logistics and transparent supply chains. Because we care. Stella stands for a vision of the future in which mobility and the environment do not contradict each other.

Ready for a new Xperience?

The ahss high-ductility, complex-phase steel CP1400HD made by voestalpine redefines the limits of what is feasible in lightweight automotive design. Impressive formability and light weight in a strength class of 1400 MPa. The next level of cold forming.

Electrical steel for the drive

In addition to lightweight design and safety, the need for highly efficient electrical steel for rotors and stators in the drive train is becoming increasingly important in electromobility. There are already more than 100 electric motors installed in conventional cars. New drive motors present the industry with completely new challenges. isovac® is the electrical steel made by voestalpine and meets the challenges of highest energy efficiency.

corrender is convincing throughout the entire car body, even in exposed panels.

The performance of corrender can be applied throughout the entire car body. corrender optimizes every structural or internal component, including those that are forming-critical or highly corrosive. The potential savings in the corrender metallic surface coating offers greater corrosion protection when compared with classic galvanized steel strip.


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