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Automotive Industry

All metal components are not created equal! … isn't it time you looked at the cost and performance advantages offered by Powder Metal Components and considered converting to P/M???

Automotive Industries, Sept, 2003

Here in North America, cars and light trucks are now using about 40 lbs. of powder metal parts--an 18% jump over just a few years ago. And for good reason....

Produced at net or near-net shape, our powder metal parts provide dimensional accuracy at high strength and with less weight. In fact, they're used today for key engine components such as connecting rods, main bearing caps, aluminum cam caps, and sprockets/pulleys.

Engineers also rely on P/M's presence in both manual and automatic transmissions, for clutch and synchronizer components; oil pump gears, rotors and stators; and planetary carriers, discs and assemblies.

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GKN Sinter Metals offers the industry's broadest range of products and technologies, including sintered structural parts of aluminum and stainless steel, powder forged processes, metal injection molding, self-lubricating sintered bearings, and filter technologies.

With R&D resources second to none, we're leading the way in providing practical solutions to meet our customers' needs. Every time you work with us ... any place you work with us, you have the capabilities of our global team at your disposal.

And, with production plants in eleven countries spanning five continents, GKN Sinter Metals combines a worldwide scope of operation with local support to ensure day-to-day global performance.

If you're looking for new technologies that can make a difference in the vehicles or systems you manufacture, look to the company that drives the P/M industry.

For more information, we invite you to visit our web site at www.gknsintermetals.com

Please review our P/M University section for training courses on powder metal technologies. Classes are free and we're an authorized provider of Continuing Education Units (CEUs). You can register online today.

Or, click on CONTACT US, complete the form, and ask for our P/M Conversion Kit in the comments section to see if any of your components are a candidate for cost-efficient conversion to powder metals.

GKN Sinter Metals www.sinter.gknplc.com

Automotive Industry

All metal components are not created equal! … isn't it time you looked at the cost and performance advantages offered by Powder Metal Components and considered converting to P/M???

Automotive Industries, Sept, 2003

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