Material
When selecting the best metal material for an application, consideration is given to requirements such as strength, ductility, thermal conductivity and wear resistance. Rather than just matching traditional material types, GKN Powder Metallurgy's process capabilities excel them. Powder metal allows for unique material combinations that cannot be produced with a traditional iron melting furnace process.
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| Material | Powder Metallurgy (PM) Process Technology | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Classification | Description | Conventional | Forged | MIM* | Filters | Bearings |
| Iron & Steel | Iron | YES | YES | |||
| Plain Carbon Steel | YES | YES | YES | |||
| Structural Alloy Steel | YES | YES | YES | |||
| Specialized Alloy Steel | YES | YES | ||||
| Stainless Steel | Austenitic | YES | YES | YES | ||
| Ferritic | YES | YES | YES | |||
| Martensitic | YES | YES | YES | |||
| Precipitation Hardening | YES | YES | ||||
| Ferrous Soft Magnetic | Iron | YES | YES | |||
| Alloyed Iron | YES | YES | ||||
| (P, Si, and Ni)** | YES | |||||
| Copper-Based | Copper | YES | ||||
| Brass | YES | YES | ||||
| Bronze | YES | YES | YES | |||
| Diluted Bronze | YES | |||||
| Aluminium Alloys *** | Standard Series (PM2014, 6061, 7075; PM-AL-14SI) |
YES | ||||
| Thermal Series (TC-2000) |
YES | |||||
| Mechanical Strength Series (MMC-1) |
YES | |||||
* Metal Injection Moulding
** Several PM alloying methods are utilised: elemental blends, diffusion bonded, fulley alloyed, or combinations of these.
*** Various alloys are available including 2014 (Al-Cu-Mg-Si), 6061 (Al-Mg-Si-Cu) and 7075 (Al-Zn-Cu-Mg) plus Metal Matrix Composite (MMC) variants.