Two prejudices are particularly prevalent. One is that sintering is only viable in connection with very large series, and the other is that the quality of sinter components is poorer than that of components made by means of common processing. Both are downright wrong!

Let us begin with the size of the series. It is correct that producing large series by means of the sintering method may be particularly advantageous. However, many people fail to see that the complexity of a component plays at least as important a part. The larger the complexity, the larger the possibilities of obtaining savings in connection with sintering. And as for the quality, we have reserved the main part of this issue of International SinterNews to providing examples that sinter components are either better or just as good as components manufactured by means of traditional processing.

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