TY JOUR TI Analysis of factors providing efficiency of load-bearing elements of the car body. KW load-bearing structure KW strength KW stability KW survivability load-bearing elements.The article presents the results of research for upsetting tool inserts made of hard alloy VK-20 different manufacturers. All studies were performed according to standard procedures using cer-tified equipment. The results showed that the majority of the inserts (80%) did not meet the re-quirements of GOST 3882-74 for a hard alloy VK20 JO Bulletin of Bryansk state technical university AU Lozbinev, V.. PY 2015 IS 2015 PB Bryansk State Technical University