Sintered Materials on the base of Iron with Special Regard to Alloyed Sintered Steels

Abstract

The production of ` parts " of all kinds produced of sintered iron, sintered carbon steel or alloyed sintered steel is a kind of mass production which is becoming of increasing importance in industrial countries since the end of World War II 1,2 In Europe about 3000 tons of sintered parts were produced during 1954 and the production of such parts in the United States is a multiple of the above-mentioned figure.What are the reasons for powder metallurgy to prevail in spite of the highly developed methods of the industries producing or processing iron ? Three reasons are of importance: (1) The utilization of the porosity and Plasticity of sintered iron opened new fields of application not obtained with other procedures. (2) Sintered material with very valuable Physical and chemical properties can be produced by powder metallurgy. (3) The cheaper sintering process is used for technical and economical reasons.