The automotive industry utilizes scores of manufacturing technologies. Right now, the feature of the day is smart technology. Systems that help drivers stay safe are currently in the limelight. Lightweight materials, including stronger aluminium alloy and carbon fibre, are also creating a buzz. Given the quick adoption rate of these advanced vehicle materials, powder metallurgy-based […]
As a wad of powdered metal is pressed into its final form by a compaction mechanism, hydrostatic pressures trigger the start of the densification process. Particles of metal slide past one another, they lock tightly together, and then a series of intricately embedded capillary systems take shape. On one side of a datasheet, pressure parameters […]
For a plain-speaking answer to this question, standard Powder Metallurgy production sequences do indeed create dimensionally accurate items. An end-process part is so precisely manufactured, so close to being surface-finished, that it simply doesn’t require much additional machining. Of course, a straight-to-the-point answer might create more questions than it resolves. Ever mindful of this prospect, […]
Here’s a fact that’ll get the attention of manufacturers. Simply by adopting a Powder Metallurgy operation, great economic savings become feasible. Remember, there’s less machining to be done after a PM produced component has been manufactured, so the finance department can zero out machine shop costs. It’s the same with finishing, with this phase of […]
No matter how well a line of sintering equipment is configured, how high-performing the equipment has proven to be in the past, particle coalescing challenges can occur. Perhaps randomly, without any obvious source of concern, the Green Compact doesn’t fully fuse into one single workpiece. To fix this process-impeding state of affairs, a veteran trouble-shooter […]