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Recently, the hot stamping process using local blank heating has been widely used to manufacture lightweight and crashworthy automotive parts. However, the hardness prediction of hot stamped parts produced using local blank heating is difficult because it involves many process variables, such as the heating temperature, heating time, and cooling rate. The purpose of this study was to predict the hardness of hot stamped parts fabricated using local blank heating based on quench factor analysis (QFA). The volume fraction of austenite was measured to consider the phase transformation in the heating stage, and it was expressed by the Johnson–Mehl–Avrami–Kolmogorov (JMAK) equation. Additionally, a dilatometry test was performed to measure the hardness according to the cooling rates, which was used to determine the material constants for QFA. Finite-element simulation was performed to predict the temperature histories during the hot stamping process and the results were used to predict the hardness according to QFA with the JMAK equation. A hot stamping experiment with local blank heating equipment was performed, and the predicted and experimental results were compared for verification of the proposed hardness prediction method.

Hardness Prediction in Hot Stamping Process by Local Blank Heating Based on Quench Factor Analysis