Abstract:
The present invention provides a method for making metal parts from metal powder compositions comprising an iron base metal powder and an amide lubricant. The method comprises the steps of compacting said composition, pre-sintering the compacted composition, compacting the compacted and pre-sintered composition, and sintering the recompacted composition. The metal parts have improved physical and mechanical properties.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a high nitrogen stainless steel alloy and alloy powder comprising chromium (Cr), molybdenum (Mo), manganese (Mn), nickel (Ni), nitrogen (N) and iron (Fe). The composition of the stainless steel alloy and powder comprises between about 27 and about 30% by weight Cr, between about 1.5 and about 4.0% by weight Mo, Mn present and is present in an amount up to 15% by weight, at least about 8% by weight Ni, and about 0.8 to about 0.97% by weight N with the balance being iron. It has been discovered that forming an alloy of this chemistry using nitrogen gas atomization process, followed by a consolidation process, the alloy is less likely to form detrimental ferrite, stable nitride and sigma (&sgr;) phases, without the need for further processing, such as solution treating and quenching. This allows for the formation of stainless steel articles having a thicker cross-section with reduced processing cost.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for manufacturing shaped precision articles from molten metals (including alloys), which articles may either be effectively non-porous or have a controlled degree of porosity and may be finished (i.e. no further processing is required) or may require a small amount of finish machining (e.g. trimming of flash and/or heat treatment), wherein the method comprises directing a stream of molten metal or molten metal alloy at a collecting surface to form a deposit, and working the deposit by means of a die to form a precision metal or metal alloy article.
Abstract:
A composite powder comprising powder particles is disclosed. Each powder particle comprises a core element and a diffusion layer at least partially surrounding the core element. The core element comprises copper, gold or silver and an alloy element capable of forming a nitride, a carbide or a carbonitride. The diffusion layer comprises the alloy element and a nitride, carbide or carbonitride compound. The nitride, carbide or carbonitride compound comprises the alloy element.
Abstract:
There are provided an inexpensive copper powder, which has a low content of oxygen even it has a small particle diameter and which has a high shrinkage starting temperature when it is heated, and a method for producing the same. While a molten metal of copper heated to a temperature, which is higher than the melting point of copper by 250 to 700° C. (preferably 350 to 650° C. and more preferably 450 to 600° C.), is allowed to drop, a high-pressure water is sprayed onto the heated molten metal of copper in a non-oxidizing atmosphere (such as an atmosphere of nitrogen, argon, hydrogen or carbon monoxide) to rapidly cool and solidify the heated molten metal of copper to produce a copper powder which has an average particle diameter of 1 to 10 μm and a crystallite diameter Dx(200) of not less than 40 nm on (200) plane thereof, the content of oxygen in the copper powder being 0.7% by weight or less.
Abstract:
Described herein are embodiments directed to additive manufacturing (AM), including three-dimensional (3D) printing, of metal nitride ceramics. In some embodiments herein, AM may comprise powder bed fusion (PBF) techniques. Also described herein are metal nitride ceramic components formed by AM techniques and methods for forming metal nitrides capable of being used in AM processes.
Abstract:
Disclosed are anisotropic samarium-iron-nitrogen magnetic alloy powder and a preparation method therefor. The anisotropic samarium-iron-nitrogen magnetic alloy powder has a chemical formula of Sm2Fe17N3, and has a Th2Zn17 crystal structure. In the alloy powder, the granularity is: D90≤5 μm and D10≥0.5 μm, the average sphericity ≥0.7, the coercivity Hcj≥10 kOe, and the square degree Q≥0.5. The preparation method includes: S1: mixing iron powder, samarium oxide powder and calcium granules uniformly; S2: placing the mixture into a rotating heat treatment furnace, adding high-temperature-resistant balls, performing vacuumizing, introducing a reductive diffusion protective gas, and heating a furnace body; S3: cooling the furnace body, performing vacuumizing, and introducing a nitriding gas; and S4: taking out and separating the cooled powder and balls, washing the powder, and drying the powder in a vacuum environment to obtain the anisotropic samarium-iron-nitrogen magnetic alloy powder.
Abstract:
A method of producing a SmFeN-based rare earth magnet, the method including: heat-treating a SmFeN-based anisotropic magnetic powder having a surface coated with a phosphate at a temperature of at least 80° C. but lower than 150° C.; mixing the heat-treated SmFeN-based anisotropic magnetic powder and a Zn-containing modifier powder by dispersion using resin-coated metal media or resin-coated ceramic media to obtain a powder mixture containing the SmFeN-based anisotropic magnetic powder and the modifier powder; compacting the powder mixture in a magnetic field to obtain a magnetic field compact; and pressure-sintering the magnetic field compact to obtain a sintered compact.
Abstract:
A conductive composition for bonding includes a mix of copper powder carboxylic acid. The carboxylic acid has a branched carbon chain. The copper powder comprises first and second copper particles. The first copper particles have a volume-based cumulative particle size D50 of 0.11 μm or more and less than 1 μm at a cumulative volume of 50 vol % in a region of particle sizes of less than 1 μm in a particle size distribution of the copper powder. The second copper particles have a volume-based cumulative particle size D50 of 1 μm or more and 10 μm or less at a cumulative volume of 50 vol % in a region of particle sizes of 1 μm or more in the particle size distribution of the copper powder. The carboxylic acid is contained in an amount of 6 parts or more and 24 parts or less per 100 parts by mass.
Abstract:
A sintering metal powder to be used in sintering contains: a composition of ferritic stainless steel; C having a content of 0.05 mass % or more and 1.00 mass % or less; Nb having a content of 0.05 mass % or more and 1.50 mass % or less; and impurities. In addition, C/Nb may be 0.10 or more and 1.80 or less, where C/Nb is a ratio of the content of C to the content of Nb.