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The holes need to be pre-milled with a
spherical cutter with a small diameter.
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Afterwards these holes are then milled out
to the required diameter with a spindle
milling cutter. This method is essential in
order to ensure that the material in the
edge area of the milled holes is not
weakened.
Equipment: Spherical cutter
• Equipment: spindle milling cutter
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WARNING: The B-pillar reinforcement
is covered with a hot-dip aluminized
coating on its entire surface. This
coating needs to be fully ground off
on the welding flanges on the front
and rear using a fibre grinding disc.
Any contamination due to parts of
the coating in the welding bath will
weaken the welded joint.
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