Full Densification in PM Steels Through Liquid Phase Sintering and HIP Approach
Paper in proceeding, 2020

High-density powder metallurgy (PM) components are required for high-performance applications. Liquid phase sintering (LPS) is one such method to improve the densification, especially the master alloy route is preferred due to the flexibility in tailoring the alloying contents. In this study, gas atomised Ni-Mn-B master alloy powder of size fraction < 45 µm was admixed with water atomised iron and Mo- prealloyed powder. During sintering, there was a significant densification due to LPS where the liquid formation occurred in two stages, one from the master alloy melting and another from the eutectic liquid formation, enabling densities > 95%. The microstructural investigation revealed that the surface densification was achieved after sintering in H2 containing atmosphere. Capsule free hot isostatic pressing was performed on these samples to achieve full density. This approach of combining LPS and capsule free hot isostatic pressing demonstrates the potential in reaching full densification in high- performance PM steel components.

full density

PM steel

liquid phase sintering

master alloy

HIP

surface densification

Author

Maheswaran Vattur Sundaram

Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science, Materials and manufacture

Kumar Babu Surreddi

Dalarna university

Eduard Hryha

Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science, Materials and manufacture

Angela Veiga

CEIT - Centre of Studies and Technical Research

Sigurd Berg

Höganäs

Fransisco Castro

CEIT - Centre of Studies and Technical Research

Lars Nyborg

Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science

Euro PM 2018 Congress and Exhibition


9781899072507 (ISBN)

European Powder Metallurgy Congress and Exhibition, Euro PM 2018
Bilbao, Spain,

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Sustainable development

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Production

Materials Science

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Manufacturing, Surface and Joining Technology

Materials Chemistry

Metallurgy and Metallic Materials

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