ADVANTAGES OF SINTERING
COMPLEX SHAPES
Sintering allows to obtain complex shapes directly from the compacting tooling, without any machining operation, like teeth, splines, profiles, frontal geometries, etc.
HIGH DIMENSIONAL PRECISION
Achievable tolerances in the perpendicular direction of compacting are typically IT 8-9 as sintered, improvable up to IT 5-7 after sizing. IT 10-13 is achieved in length depending on the component geometry; additional machining operations can improve this precision.
WEIGHT REDUCTION
Sintered parts are typically 5% to 25% lighter than the same wrought components, as a consequence of the internal micro-porosity.
VIBRATION DAMPING
The internal micro-porosity of sintered parts produce a damping effect on the vibration propagation.
GREEN TECHNOLOGY
The manufacturing process of sintered components is certified as ecological, because the material waste is very low, the product is recyclable, and the energy efficiency is good because the material is not molten.
RELIABILITY AND REPEATABILITY IN LARGE MASS PRODUCTION
The tool stability, the technical complexity of the production devices, and the SPC control system, give high reliability and repeatability to the mass production sintered components.
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