A long line of steps exists between the material processing phase and the point where a perfectly manufactured bearing pops off the production line. Sure, performance benefits have been mentioned in past posts, and sintered bearings do provide other mentionable benefits, but now we’re casting a savvy eye over the production room. Can output hustle […]
In sintering factories, self-lubricating bearings are manufactured by powder metallurgy (PM) equipment. The machines use a mixing process, not solid component mouldings. Thanks to that difference, manufacturing engineers gain mastery over the subject metal. That’s a powerful manufacturing advantage, one that introduces a lubricating medium to sintered bearings. Technically speaking, we’re in oil impregnation territory, […]
Permanently protected, sintered bearings never falter, never need a secondary lubricant, nor do they wear as quickly as an average set of bearings. Sintered bars are much the same, except for that elongated dimensional form factor. In this case, those long rods are uniformly fabricated, so there are no weak spots waiting to fracture the […]
It wouldn’t be bold to argue that most people are not individually aware of the industry that is powder metallurgy. The truth is simple, however, and hard to ignore. Our entire mechanical world, which comprises the vast majority of the first world, consists of mechanical objects operating with solid bearing components at their core. These […]
To obtain the finest possible compacted and sintered parts, the powder metallurgy sector requires access to a source of properly blended raw material. These are the mixed powders that mingle with alloying additives and lubricants. It’s here that the industrial machinery breaks from its normal linear processing configuration. Back at square one in the production […]