State of the Art: Ferrous Powder Metallurgy
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Powder Metallurgy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2024) | Viewed by 214
Special Issue Editor
Interests: powder metallurgy; metal powder development and fabrication; sintering; machinability of PM components
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Dear Colleagues,
As you know, the driving force of any manufacturing process utilizing metal powders as the base material is the minimization of residual porosity to improve mechanical properties. Densification can be achieved via multiple strategies related to particle consolidation, sintering as well as post-sintering operations. On the other hand, approaches can also be devised to mitigate the detrimental effect of porosity on the mechanical properties of powder metallurgy (PM) components. Among these, we can identify the optimized combination and proportion of alloying elements or the use of heat treatments, for example.
Ferrous materials constitute by far the most important alloy system in the PM industry. Owing to the near-net shape ability of powder-based manufacturing processes, PM ferrous components are increasingly replacing wrought steels in numerous applications. Nevertheless, to support the growth in the use of PM steel parts, it is essential to maximize their mechanical properties while maintaining production costs below those of more conventional fabrication processes.
The importance of this subject has encouraged us to organize a Special Issue of Metals that focuses on research topics at the forefront of development related to ferrous PM. Therefore, we are inviting manuscripts that reflect the state of the art in this field. Should you feel that you could participate in our endeavor by submitting an original manuscript summarizing your research along this theme, please contact us.
Prof. Dr. Carl Blais
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- powder consolidation
- sintering, liquid phase sintering
- metal injection molding
- mechanical properties
- fatigue
- novel sintering methods
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