HEAT TREATMENT OF HARDENABLE SHEET METAL COMPONENTS

摘要

The invention relates to a method for heat treating a hardenable sheet metal component, in particular for a motor vehicle, said method consisting of press hardening the sheet metal component in a forming tool, removing the sheet metal component from said forming tool. Said method is characterised by forming locally defined soft areas of the sheet metal component by means of locally tempering predetermined sub-areas of the sheet metal component by means of a laser beam method, according to which the predetermined sub-areas are exposed to a laser beam. The invention also relates to a device for carrying out said method, to a method for producing a group of components and to a motor vehicle comprising said type of group of components.