Powder Metallurgy : For Automotive, Aluminium Alloys, Hard And Super Hard Materials [Hardcover]

Powder metallurgy (PM) is a sustainable green manufacturing technology and the products are finding increasing applications in automotive, machine tool, electrical and other engineering industries. The book contains selected 25 articles in the following sections:

Section 1: PM in Automotive and Related Industries
Section 2: PM Aluminium Alloys and Composites
Section 3: Hard and Super Hard Materials

The book will be an asset to the technical library-Materials, Metallurgy, Mechanical, Production, Manufacturing Engineering and a valuable source for undergraduate, postgraduate and research students, scientists, engineers, and technocrats dealing with powder metallurgy and particulate materials. 

CHAPTER 1

1.1 Processes and Density achievable

1.2 Processes and Cost comparison

1.3 Stagewise costs in forged steel vs. Powder forged connecting rods

1.4 Materials for powder forged connecting rods

CHAPTER 2

2.1 Chemical composition of the hybrid PM chromium low-alloy steels

2.2 Mechanical properties of the hybrid PM chromium low-alloy steels as a function of

       cooling rate (cooling rate measured between 650 and 315°C)-graphite addition of 0.6%

CHAPTER 3

3.1 Chemical composition of ATOMET 4601 and 4701

CHAPTER 5

5.1 Response Analysis Table

5.2 Response Analysis Table-Updated

5.3 Cause Analysis Table

5.4 Response Analysis Table-Current Condition

5.5 Response Analysis Table-Expectation

5.6 Cause Analysis Table-Current

5.7 Cause Analysis Table-After Improvement

5.8 Cause Analysis Table-Current

5.9 Cause Analysis Table-After Improvement

CHAPTER 7

7.1 XRD data of As-milled powders

7.2 Consolidated XRD results of compacted ODS specimens

7.3 Hardness values of hot forged ODS alloy specimens

7.4 Results of shear-punch tests

7.5 Results of the oxidation studies of ODS alloy specimens

CHAPTER 8

8.1 Composition of the Feedstock prepared for metal injection moulding

8.2 Per cent shrinkage of nickel wick dimensions at various processing stages

CHAPTER 10

10.1 Chemical composition (wt. %) of materials used

CHAPTER 11

11.1 Properties of recycled grinding powder

CHAPTER 12

12.1 MPM motor test results

12.2 Benchmark motor test results

12.3 Relative comparison between motors

CHAPTER 13

13.1 Basic composition (wt. %) of brake materials

13.2 Sintering and other properties of brake materials

CHAPTER 14

14.1 Density changes in conventional sintered Al specimens

14.2 Density changes in microwave processed Al specimens

CHAPTER 16

16.1 Chemical composition and particle size characteristics of the Alumix 431

16.2 Sintering conditions

16.3 Shot peening parameters

16.4 Characteristic properties

16.5 Average roughness and hardness values measured before and after the peening

         treatments

CHAPTER 18

18.1 Hardness measurements for the compacted samples

18.2 The effect of compact pressure and welding current on the hardness values

CHAPTER 19

19.1 Crystallite size of various phases present in the powder samples

19.2 Hardness of the AI-Si specimens

CHAPTER 20

20.1 Milling parameters

20.2 Density comparison of the milled, sintered at (450°C and 800°C) samples

CHAPTER 21

21.1 Selected properties of the nanocrystalline and the H20 S cemented carbides

CHAPTER 22

22.1 Parameters of the sintering process of WC-5 wt.% Co [4]

22.2 Characteristics of materials of the insert cutting edges [4]

22.3 Sintering parameters

22.4 The set of the values of averaged total length of cracks measured by the

         Palmqvist's method on the nanocrystalline cemented carbides

22.5 The set of the values of averaged total length of cracks measured by the

         Palmqvist's method on the H20 standard cemented carbides

22.6 The results of the calculated values of the critical load, work of cracking

         and susceptibility to brittle cracking of the nanocrystalline cemented carbides

CHAPTER 23

23.1 Comparative set of investigations results of the hardness, density and relative

         density of nanocrystalline carbides and standard cemented carbides [2]

CHAPTER 25

25.1 The composition of produced composites and a commercial product

25.2 Wear test result of commercial product

Dr. P. Ramakrishnan, Professor Emeritus, liT-Bombay; formerly, Professor & Head of the Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Professor of Met. Engg. & Materials Science, Chief co-ordinator, Powder Metallurgy and High Temperature Material Centre, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay is actively engaged in education, research and development, training and industrial consultancy in the field of Powder Metallurgy, Ceramic and Composite Materials. In these areas he has published over 450 technical papers in reputed journals and edited 19 books. A recipient of Binani Gold Medal of Indian Institute of Metals 1966, National Metallurgist Award of Government ot India 1976. best research paper award tor 1994 of Powder Metallurgy Association of India, and the award of International Research Grant of National Science Foundation, USA on different occasions. He has participated in the, Indo-US, Indo-former USSR, Indo-German, Indo Japanese, Indo-UK, and Indo-Israel joint science and technology collaborative research programmes in powder technology and advanced materials. He has served as the chairman and as a member of different committees of the national and international awards and also as the chairman of International Hausner award committee of the International Fine Particle Society, USA in 1980. He was the leader of the Indian delegation of Powder Metallurgy to former USSR, during May-June 1983. The past Chairman of ASM International India chapter, Bombay, past President of Powder Metallurgy Association of India. He has also served as consultanUexpert to many committees of Atomic Energy, Defence, Department of Science and Technology, Space Research, DSIR, CSIR, DGTD, UGC, IITs, many Universities, Human Resources Development etc., and also United Nations ESCAP, UNCSTD and UNDP. Other involvements include, member of Technical Advisory Board, Editorial Advisory Board, Editorial Board of many journals including International journal of Refractory metals and hard materials and International journal of Advanced Powder Technology and International Liaison Committee of many professional bodies, journals and International Conferences, including Asian Powder Metallurgy, International Plansee Seminars and Powder Metallurgy World Congresses in NorthAmerica, Europe and Japan.