How Powdered Metals Convert for the Strength You Need

Historically speaking, powdered metals are recognized as moderately strong materials. They form relatively hard bearings and other self-lubricating items. By heat treating sintered metal parts, they become even tougher. In point of fact, the sintering process uses thermal energy and pressure, so some heat treated hardenability is applied during the production phase. Okay, this strength-conversion […]

Sintered Bronze Bearing Material Properties

Based on powder metallurgy technology, sintered bronze bearings deliver a very familiar feature. That opening sentence is, of course, referring to the material’s porous build. Friction counteracting lubricants are stored inside the metal’s tiny chambers. Okay, so this general property gets mentioned in every article, because that’s what the bearings do best, but there’s more […]

What Makes Powder Metal an Effective Catalyst versus Solid Metals?

Processing plants use catalysts to trigger active chemical reactions. The material makeup of this substance makes it possible for previously unsustainable compound alterations to take place. Alternatively, catalysts accelerate existing chemical reactions. Once upon a time, as all stories begin, solid metals were used to facilitate such processes. They transformed compounds, acted as oxidisers, and […]

Hardening Methods of Powder Metallurgy Parts

On occasion, when sintered components need to exhibit a predetermined quantity of mechanical toughness, the parts are subjected to special supplementary operations. The finishing service, which is typically carried out in-house, further hardens a sintered component’s internal structure. Now, heat treatment principles obviously dominate this post-production phase, but there are other secondary hardening methods of […]

Do Sintered Bearings Need Heat Treatment?

Powder metallurgy represents something of an ideal production model. There are no costly castings to produce, and the bearings possess a highly desirable self-lubricating feature. It’s also possible to make sintered bearings without incorporating a post-production stage, although this part of the operation is often recommended. With that said, apart from the end-phase jobs that […]

Characteristics of Low Density Powder Metallurgy Parts

When powder metallurgy tech produces low-density parts, the components are leaving the process as lightweight and porous constructs. Structurally attenuated, the parts consume less alloy powder, so process costs drop. Beyond such utilitarian deliberations, however, the lighter than usual parts gain self-lubricating improvements, so a lower frictional coefficient is instantly gained. Expanding on those observations, […]

Effects of Heat Treatment on Sintered Metals

A tightly narrated overview pinned down the main operational components in the powder metallurgical process. At this point, a new opportunity has arisen. It’s a chance to look beyond the manufacturing technique, to view the effects of heat treatment on sintered metals. Do sintered objects bend to the will of a furnace or tempering station? […]