Manufacturing Industry
Automotive materials: this article summarizes several papers presented at the 2005 SAE World Congress in Detroit in April, and includes news reports and photos from many automotive materials manufacturers.
Advanced Materials & Processes, September, 2005
Microwave plasma sinters P/M automotive cam lobes A proprietary atmospheric pressure microwave plasma technology called AtmoPlas has been developed for powder metallurgy materials processing applications, according to "Atmospheric Pressure Microwave Plasma P/M Sintering of Cam Lobes," (SAE paper2005-01-0720), by K.
Cherian, S. Kumar, D. Kumar, M. Dougherty Sr., D. Tasch, D. Brosky, and Dana Combs, all of the Dana Corp., Toledo, Ohio. This paper discusses the AtmoPlas process as applied to sintering of powder metal cam lobes, including details of the equipment and the setup. Sintering trials were carried out on green powder metal cam lobes with an average weight of 28 grams. AtmoPlas is a method for initiating and sustaining microwave plasma at atmospheric...
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