Technical Papers

10 Latest

Nov 07, 2011

The Role of Porosity in Fatigue of PM Materials

In this paper it’s studied how density influences fatigue strength of two sintered steels; one standard, diffusion alloyed material and one sinter hardened...

Oct 10, 2011

Cost Effective Material for Heat Treated Gear Applications

Heat treatment of PM components is often used in order to meet requirements on high hardness and other mechanical properties. Traditional processes such as...

Oct 10, 2011

High Performance Sinter Hardening Materials for Synchronizing Hubs

The development of synchronizing hubs goes towards more complicated shapes and higher performance, at the same time as there is a strong pressure on costs.

May 20, 2011

Effect of Process Variables on the Dimensional Change of 434L Stainless Steel

The ferritic grades of stainless steel (400 series) undergo greater amounts of dimensional change (shrinkage) during sintering when compared to the...

May 19, 2011

The Capability of a Bonded Mix to Improve the Precisions of a Powder Metal (PM) Component

In order to meet the increasing precision requirements of new applications, bonded mixes are required. Previous studies have shown that by bonding the finer...

May 19, 2011

The Use of a New Machinability Enhancer for Improving the Machinability of Pre-Alloyed Powder Metal Components

To achieve better machinability of powder metallurgy (PM) components, machinability enhancers are often added. Recently a newly developed machinability...

May 19, 2011

Dynamic Properties of Lean Diffusion Alloy Steel

Diffusion alloyed steels are known worldwide for their robustness and mechanical property performance. These alloys contain significant amounts of nickel,...

May 19, 2011

The Use of a Newly Developed Machinability Enhancer for Improving the Machinability of Fe-Cu-C Components

The Fe-Cu-C material system is the workhorse material system for the powder metal (PM) industry. This alloy meets the strength and hardness requirements of...

Oct 14, 2010

Linking pore size and structure to the fatigue performance of sintered steels

In this paper it is demonstrated how fine powder based materials can be used to improve fatigue strength. The increase in strength is accomplished by the...

Oct 13, 2010

Solutions for high density PM components

Higher density is a key route for higher performance of PM components. With higher density strength and ductility of the sintered materials are improved.