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Method of making sintered powder metallurgical bodies
Assignee: Sintermetallwerk Krebsoege GmbH
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Filing: 1981-01-29
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Granted: 1984-11-20
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Expires: 2001-01-29
Abstract
Abstract A process for making sintered metal articles of high strength in which a flowable mass of metallic particles is initially formed into a green compact having shape stability in a forming machine of the type used in the fabrication of sand cores in the metal casting field. The green compact is then subjected to sintering and the sintered body may be pressed, forged or mechanically shaped in other ways. The core blowing or core-sand slinging machine used to produce the green metal compact is surprisingly effective in producing a dense, reproducible structure in light of the fact that sand cores for casting purposes are intentionally made frangible to enable them to be removed effectively from the casting.
Inventors
- 👤 Bernhard Schelb
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 16:21
CPC Classifications
B; B22; B22F; B22F3/00; B22F3/12; B22F3/14; B22F3/10
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
126 words
A method of making a powder metallurgical product of high homogeneity and reproducibility which comprises the steps of: (a) forming a green compact of substantially the shape of said product by entraining a powder metallurgical mass consisting predominantly of particles of a metallic material and between about 1% to about 10% by weight of an organic binder in compressed air, and directing the compressed air entrained mass into a shaping sleeve thereby compacting said mass with high kinetic energy into a compact form in a foundry type core forming machine with particles in metal-to-metal contact held together by said binder in a coherent body; (b) removing said green compact from said form; and (c) sintering the green compact removed from said form outside of any containment.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
126 words
A method of making a powder metallurgical product of high homogeneity and reproducibility which comprises the steps of: (a) forming a green compact of substantially the shape of said product by entraining a powder metallurgical mass consisting predominantly of particles of a metallic material and between about 1% to about 10% by weight of an organic binder in compressed air, and directing the compressed air entrained mass into a shaping sleeve thereby compacting said mass with high kinetic energy into a compact form in a foundry type core forming machine with particles in metal-to-metal contact held together by said binder in a coherent body; (b) removing said green compact from said form; and (c) sintering the green compact removed from said form outside of any containment.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method defined in claim 1 wherein said binder is present in an amount of about 1% by weight of said mass.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method defined in claim 1 wherein said mass consists predominantly of unreduced metal particles, the sintering in step (c) being effected in a reducing atmosphere.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method defined in claim 1, further comprising the step of (d) densifying the sintered body resulting from step (c).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method defined in claim 4, further comprising the step of (e) sintering the densified body resulting from step (d).
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method defined in claim 5, further comprising subjecting the metallic powder of said mass to a physical and/or chemical treatment at least prior to removal of said green compact from said form.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
12 words
The method defined in claim 6 wherein said treatment is an oxidation.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
70 words
A method of operating a foundry type core forming machine which comprises the steps of feeding a mass consisting predominantly of metal particles and between about 1% to about 10% by weight of a phenolic resin foundry sand binder to said machine and entraining said mass by compressed air in said machine to form a green compact of said material therein whereby said compact can be sintered outside said form.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
70 words
A method of operating a foundry type core forming machine which comprises the steps of feeding a mass consisting predominantly of metal particles and between about 1% to about 10% by weight of a phenolic resin foundry sand binder to said machine and entraining said mass by compressed air in said machine to form a green compact of said material therein whereby said compact can be sintered outside said form.
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