Experimental and finite element simulation study of capsule-free hot isostatic pressing of sintered gears
Journal article, 2018

A novel approach to reach full density in powder metallurgy (PM) components is demonstrated in this work. Water-atomised Mo-prealloyed steel powder is utilised for manufacturing cylindrical and gear samples through double pressing and double sintering (DPDS) process route. The effect of sample geometry and powder size fraction on densification is investigated and it is found that the DPDS route enables a density level of > 95% which is sufficient to eliminate the surface open pores. Reaching such high density is necessary, in order to perform capsule-free hot isostatic pressing (HIP). After HIP, full densification is achieved for the cylindrical samples and only near full density is realised for the gears resulting in neutral zone formation due to the density gradient. In order to predict the densification behaviour during the compaction, FEM simulations considering the gear geometry are performed for both the pressing stages and HIP. The simulation predicted a similar densification behaviour with the formation of the neutral zone. The proposed DPDS route with capsule-free HIP in combination with FEM simulation is demonstrated as a potential route for manufacturing full-density PM steel components, e.g. gears, suitable for high-performance applications.

Capsule-free HIP

Density

PM steels

Finite element simulations

Gears

Pressing

Author

Maheswaran Vattur Sundaram

Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science, Materials and manufacture

Alireza Khodae

Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)

Michael Andersson

Höganäs

Lars Nyborg

Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science

Arne Melander

Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)

Swerea

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

0268-3768 (ISSN) 1433-3015 (eISSN)

Vol. 99 5-8 1725-1733

Innovative powder based manufacturing of gear wheels with high performance (HIPGEAR)

VINNOVA (2013-05594), 2014-10-01 -- 2017-03-31.

Subject Categories

Mechanical Engineering

Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics

Materials Engineering

Manufacturing, Surface and Joining Technology

Driving Forces

Sustainable development

Areas of Advance

Production

Materials Science

DOI

10.1007/s00170-018-2623-4

More information

Latest update

4/5/2022 6