3. Outlook
The market for highly stressed parts has been opening up over the last ten years or so with high densities. Ongoing work on lubricants will enable us to make further progress in this area. Different load physics could also lead to further progress (physical advances other than high speed, hot compression, etc., which could generate more deviatorics favorable to densification).
The other challenge lies in eliminating the final machining operations. Success depends on total control of weight and weight distribution. Significant work on the distribution system, and also on press control, should lead to this.
More generally, powder metallurgy provides original solutions to new needs arising from electrical applications.
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Bibliography
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MPIF – Metal Powder Industries Federation : Princeton (New Jersey USA)
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EPMA – European Powder Metallurgy Association
Standards and norms
- Metal powders – Determination of bulk density – Part 1: funnel method. - ISO 3923-1 - Mai 2008
- Metal powders excluding hard metal powders – Determination of compressibility under uniaxial compression. - EN ISO 3927 - Avril 2011
- Metal powders – Determining the strength of rectangular raw tablets. - DIN ISO 3995 - Mai 1991
- Metal powders – Determination of flow time using a calibrated funnel. - EN ISO 4490...
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