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Quenching at speed New Thermodur?2383 Supercool boosts the cost-effectiveness of press hardening Just three years ago, Deutsche Edelstahlwerke GmbH (a subsidiary of the SCHMOLZ + BICKENBACH Group) unveiled Corroplast?FM, an innovative specialty steel solution that caters for the increasing machining complexity associated with producing corrosion-resistant injection moulds in the PET industry. At Euromold 2013, the company will be presenting another promising new development: Thermodur?2383 Supercool is the answer of Deutsche Edelstahlwerke to growing demand from the automotive sector for hot-work steels featuring high thermal conductivity. This new material is ideal for tools used in press hardening. The relatively new press hardening process allows the automotive industry to fulfil the high, and sometimes diverging, requirements of future drivers, says Klaus-Dieter Fuchs, head of hot-work tool steel sales at Deutsche Edelstahlwerke. Meeting expectations in terms of vehicle comfort, equipment and safety calls for complex components. At the same time, climate change means that advances in lightweight vehicle construction are being made all the time in order to reduce CO2 emissions in a sustainable way. A 2012 McKinsey study anticipates that the proportion of lightweight components in vehicles will increase from 30% to 70% by the year 2030. Press hardening makes it possible to produce high-strength, sheet metal components which, because they are so strong, allow thinner and therefore lighter sheets to be used. Incorporating high-strength sheet metal into the chassis, for example, achieves a weight saving of up to 20?kg (kilograms) on a mid-range vehicle. Given the sometimes conflicting demands posed by safety, recycling quotas, climate change and equipment, press hardening is now more interesting than ever to the automotive industry. The method enables lightweight sheet metal to be produced in an efficient and cost-effective way, says Michael Bauer, head of technical