CENTERING AND SELECTIVE HEATING OF BLANKS

Centering systems for centering blanks outputted from a furnace in a hot stamping line are provided, the centering system comprising a centering table and a heating system for heating one or more selected zones of the blank while arranged on the centering table. Also provided are methods for manufacturing steel components having hard zones and soft zones, wherein the soft zones are of less mechanical strength than the hard zones. The methods comprise heating a steel blank in a furnace, centering the heated blank on a centering table arranged downstream from the furnace, heating one or more selected zones of the heated blank while the blank is on the centering table, wherein the selected zones are the zones of the blank which are destined to form the hard zones; transferring the blank to apress tool to hot forming the blank, and quenching the selected zones of the blank destined to form the hard zones. 提供了用于使从热冲压线中的炉所输出的坯料定中心的定中心系统，该定中心系统包括：个定中心台；以及，个加热系统，用于在该坯料被布置在该定中心台上时加热该坯料的个或多个选定区。还提供了用于制造具有硬区和软区的钢部件的方法，其