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Metal Powders

The MPC's high-pressure gas atomization ( HPGA ) capabilities make possible higher-quality powder materials and alloys than can be produced using current commercial atomization systems. The fine, clean, spherical shapes of the powders created with the HPGA technique allow greater compaction, maximizing the number of powder particles that can be packed into a limited space and enhancing the consolidation processes and the final properties of the product.
 
In addition to a 10 kg-charge HPGA and a 25 kg-charge HPGA, other MPC facilities for preparing powdered metals include:

  Additional Powder Metallurgy Equipment
  Preparation/Handling:
 
  • Centrifugal gas atomizer
  • Rapid-solidification melt-spinning furnace
  • Particle-size-analysis and separation instruments
  • Hot-outgassing/vacuum-canning station
  • Inert atomsphere glove-box systems
  Consolidation:
 
  • Cold isostatic press (100 ksi)
  • Hot isostatic press (45 ksi, 1500 C)
  • 75 ton uniaxial hot press
  • Twin screw extruder
  • Single screw injection molder
  • Sintering furnaces.
  • Hydrostatic extrusion press
  • Direct/Indirect extrusion presses
   

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