Powder Metallurgy: for Automotive and Engineering Industries discusses current status and future potential of powder metallurgy in U.S.A., Europe, Asia and India, and suggests that the technological advances for the growth of powder metallurgy is linked with the global automotive vehicle production. A Large number of powder metallurgy applications in automotive industry including synchronizer systems and connecting rods and future potential alongwith recent developments in CNC compaction and comparison of sintering technologies under the aspect of economy and quality are covered in the book. Articles on special atomization and energy saving technologies for metal powder production which have great potential, structure and properties of super alloys, bronze powders, diamond tool binders, sintering of titanium-titanium nitride nano composite powders, aluminium-silicon carbide, molybdenum-silicon carbide, molybdenum-silicon nitride composite materials are also included in the book.

Preface / Global Perspective in Powder Metallurgy: Powder Metallurgy in Asian Automotive / State of the PM Industry in North America-2006 / A Review of the PM Industry in Europe / Powder Metallurgy in Automotive Industry: Future Potential of Powder Metallurgy Applications in Automotive Industry / P/M Components for Synchronizer Systems / New Higher Strength Materials for Powder Forged Connecting Rods / The Advantages of CNC Compaction Technology / Sintering-Comparison of Different Technologies under the Aspect of Economy and Quality / Properties of Admixed Ni PM Steels / Contribution of Bonded Mixes to Operational Excellence in P/M Component Manufacturing / Technology Advances for the Growth of Powder Metallurgy / Production of Metal Powders: Production of Metal Powder with Impingement of Molten Spray on Different geometric Substrates / Energy Saving Technology of Decarbonizing Annealing of Atomized Iron Powders / Production of Carbon Free Sponge Iron Powder from Blue Dust / Advantages of Hydrogen Recirculation to Produce Iron Powder / Recycling of Secondary Materials to Obtain Copper Powder / Synthesis and Characterization of High Purity Hafnium Metal Powder-Indian Perspective / Structure and Properties of Special Materials: Effect of Aluminum Concentration on the Formation of Various Phases in Powder Metallurgically Processed Ni-Cr-Fe Superalloy / Effect of Addition of Sn on Microstructure Evolution of Sintered Pre-alloyed Al-Zn-Mg-Cu Alloys / Mechanical Behaviour of Al-SiC Particulate Composites / Comparison of Properties of Partially Pre-Alloyed Bronze Powders Produced from Oxidised Reduced and Electrolytic Copper / Sinter Bonding of Bronze and Iron Powders / Effect of Ni Additions to Diamond Tool Binders / Sintering Behaviour of Reactively Milled Titanium-Titanium Nitride Nanocomposite Powders / Wear Behaviour MoSi2-Si3N4 Composites Produced by Reaction of Mo+Si3N4 Powder Mixtures / Powder Metallurgical Processing of Net-Shape MoSi2-SiC Composites / Index.

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