Evaluation of tailor welded blanks through technical cost modeling

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Trogolo, J Michael ^a   Dieffenbach, Jeff R ^a  

^a IBIS Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; COST ACCOUNTING; COSTS; LASER BEAM WELDING;

ASSEMBLY PROCESS; MANUFACTURING COST; MANUFACTURING METHODS; PROCESS SELECTION; PRODUCTION VOLUMES; TAILOR-WELDED BLANKS; TAILORWELDED BLANKS (TWBS); TECHNICAL COST MODELING;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 85072451054     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/980446     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (3)

1. McCraken John, President, TWB, Inc., as quoted in Fortune, January 13, 1997.
2. Busch John V., Technical Cost Modeling of Plastics Fabrication Processes, Ph.D. Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 1985.
3. Dieffenbach Jeff R., and Mascarin Anthony E., "Body-In-White Material Systems: A Lifecycle Cost Comparison," Journal of Metals, Warrendale, PA, Volume 45, Number 6, pp. 16-19, June 1993.