Welcome to the second edition of International Sinternews.
The magazine addresses everyone, who wants to know more about powder metallurgy and sinter metal. In our
terminology, sinter metal and powder metal are two designations of the same thing - the components are embossed in powder metal and sintered in a furnace. We have no doubt, that sinter metal has a huge potential, and in International SinterNews we describe - through examples and research results - the advantages associated with the
process. In this edition, we present the work with characterising the surface of sinter metal, which generally gives considerably better properties in terms of abrasion than the equivalent massive material. Apart from that, we bring the interesting result of a strength test of screw threads in sinter metal, which by female threads has turned out to be up to 40 % bigger than the equivalent massive material. Besides, there is an article on the sintering in stainless steel - one of our specialities. And last but not least, we tell of the possibility to apply sinter metal in small series, by complex geometries and with narrow tolerances. This is illustrated partly through customer examples and partly through an introduction of our example database, which will contain a broad collection of examples on the many fields of application of sinter metal. Through International SinterNews, we wish to continue the constructive dialogue with the many innovative companies in Europe, who recognize the possibilities of the sintering process. And we continuously invite our readers to contribute to the magazine with good ideas.
I wish everyone a good time with International SinterNews.
 | Søren Weis Sørensen
Managing Director, FJ Sintermetal |
(email me with feedback: feedback@sinternews.com) |
