AP&T launches new offering for tailored press hardening

TemperBox is a furnace-based technology in which material properties are controlled locally before forming and quenching. By using masking elements inside the TemperBox, thermal radiation is selectively shielded in specific areas, creating different temperature profiles within the same blank. After press hardening, fully heated zones become hard and load-bearing, while shielded zones retain ductility and energy-absorbing properties.
This makes it possible to produce components with controlled transitions between hard and soft zones, without combining different materials or thicknesses. The result is greater design freedom while reducing overall production complexity.