2. Development of powder metallurgy
2.1 Production breakdown
Over the past twenty years, powder metallurgy has undergone continuous expansion in all its aspects and industrial applications. In highly industrialized countries, powder metallurgy has established itself not only as one of the most advanced processes for shaping metals, but also as a powerful means of synthesizing the new materials required by cutting-edge technologies such as electrical engineering and electronics, the nuclear power industry, energy conversion and aerospace. Annual growth in French mechanical parts production, which averaged around 7% until 1980, has since slowed (table 3 ). The current trend is the result of a decline in automotive production, offset by a slight increase in the number...
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Bibliographical index
Directories
Reviews
France
Bulletin de la Construction Mécanique (irr) (Fiches CETIM), (Section: 826 Métallurgie des poudres).
Bulletin Signalétique du CNRS (m) (Section 740: Metals and metallurgy).
Materials and Techniques (m).
Revue Internationale des Hautes Températures et des Réfractaires (formerly Revue des Hautes Températures et des Réfractaires) (tri)....
Standardization
The particular characteristics of the raw materials and products used in powder metallurgy have made it necessary to create standards for testing methods and specifications, specially adapted to this field of metallurgy. The first standards were published by the Metal Powder Industries Federation (MPIF) in the USA some thirty years ago. Most of them were adopted by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM),...
Manufacturers. Suppliers
Metal powders for sintering
Aluminium Péchiney.
Baudier Poudmet SA.
CIME Bocuze.
Comptoir Lyon-Alemand Louyot (CLAL).
Étain (Cie Française de l').
Eurotungsten.
Imphy SA.
Le Nickel (Sté).
Métafram (Sté)....
Organizations
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France
Association Française de Normalisation AFNOR Powder metallurgy commissions.
Chambre Syndicale des Fabricants de Pièces et d'Outils en Carbures Métalliques Durs.
Chambre Syndicale des Métaux et Produits Spéciaux Division: powders and sintered metals.
Société Française de Métallurgie SFM Commission:...
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