Sintering Metal Explained

Sintering is central to the process of creating great quality metal mesh. In fact, it&#;s so central that we actually include sintering as part of our name, Lawrence Sintered Metals. What does it mean to sinter metal, and how does the process of sintering metal create a strong metal mesh you can use for everything from keeping out bugs to protecting property and even creating amazing artwork?

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What Does Metal Sintering Mean?

 

Sintering is a process of bonding materials together into a solid mass using heat and/or pressure. Metal sintering refers to the sintering of metals, but plastics, ceramics, and some other materials can also be sintered. The word sintering is related to the English word cinder, and materials made by sintering are called sinters.

Process of Sintering Metal

Sintering does not melt the materials or liquefy them, but rather fuses them together at the atomic level. While it requires a very high sintering temperature, the temp does not have to reach such a high temperature as a metal&#;s melting point in order to work.

The process of sintering metal mesh involves fusing the touch points of the metal together. This makes the mesh incredibly strong. Instead of just having metal wires that are woven together, the metal parts are actually bonded together. This is why our woven metal mesh can be used to keep animals in their habitats or even to keep thieves out of a property.

Sintering is one of only a small handful of ways manufacturers can make products out of metals with high melting points. This reduces porosity in metals with high melting points, which can be great for sintered metal products that need to filter or hold back as much material as possible. Metal properties can change during sintering as a result of density changes, alloying, and heat treatments. These changes vary depending on the material and sintering techniques used.

Metal sintering often occurs with metallic powders. The movement of mass in the sintering process is a combination of reduced porosity by repacking, proceeded by material transport from evaporation and condensation from diffusion. The final stages see the atoms in the powder particles move to redistribute mass from the inside to the smooth outside, a phase which is driven by surface tension. For a mathematical look at the process of sintering metal, we can look at Young&#;s modulus En of sintered iron powder, En/E=(D/d)3.4 . Spark plasma sintering uses an electric field and external pressure to make ceramic or metallic powder compacts more dense.

Another type of sintering is liquid-state sintering, which is when at least one of the elements involved does enter a liquid state. Liquid-state sintering is necessary for creating tungsten carbide and cemented carbide. This is different from permanent liquid phase sintering, which instead uses an additive to the metal powder that melts before the matrix phase. The stages of liquid phase sintering are rearrangement, solution-precipitation (when atoms preferentially go into solution followed by precipitating in areas of lower chemical potential, similar to ground boundary diffusion in solid state sintering), and final densification.

Benefits of Sintering Metals

So, why do we sinter metals, anyway? Here are some of the benefits of sintering metals:

• Easy to form into woven mesh shapes for sintered metal meshes

• Unique manufacturing process that can&#;t be replicated with other techniques

• Produces very strong and durable products that won&#;t corrode or break easily

• Can be used to create a wide range of products like metal meshes that serve a variety of industrial needs

Sintered Metal Meshes from Lawrence Sintered Metals

Lawrence Sintered Metals offers many types of sintered metal meshes, including:

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Materials used in Metal Sintering

A great number of sintering powders can be used in the metal sintering process to manufacture a number of sintered parts and components , ranging from iron and carbon steel components and parts, to sintered tungsten and sintered aluminum parts.

Noted below are tables of common sintering materials, but note that for each, a number of alloys are available that are not necessarily noted. Some of the materials / powders used in metal sintering includes:

Iron and Carbon Steels

As sintered:
While F- is used in moderate load applications, F- exhibits moderate strength properties and R- is used for light load and soft magnetic applications.

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Heat Treated:
F-008 is used in moderate load applications and F- exhibits moderate strength properties.

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Iron-Copper and Copper Steels

As Sintered:
While FC- and FC- is used in applications where a medium strength is required, FC- is used to produce iron bearings.

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Heat Treated:
FC- here is used in applications that require medium strength properties.

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Iron-Nickel and Nickel Steels

As Sintered:
Sintered Iron-Nickel and Nickel Steel powders are used for heat treatable structural parts. Furthermore, these alloys exhibits a good impact and wear properties.

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Heat Treated:
These sintering powders are used for heat treatable structural parts, exhibit a good impact strength as well as beneficial properties against wear.

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Low Alloy Steels

As Sintered:
These powder sintering alloys are typically used for heat treatable structural parts and exhibits a high strength and high wear properties.

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Heat Treated:
Exhibiting a high resistance to wear and a high strength, these alloys are typically used for heat treatable structural parts.

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Sintered Hardened Steels

As Sintered:
Parts manufactured from these alloys are clean, have a high resistance to wear, closer tolerances and a high strength.

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Diffusion Alloyed Steels

As Sintered:
These metal sintering alloys are used for heat treatable structural parts and exhibits a high strength and a high resistance to wear.

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Heat Treated:
Also used for heat treatable structural parts, these alloys exhibit a high strength anf a high resistance to wear.

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Copper Infiltrated Steels

As Sintered:
A heat treatable steel, these alloys exhibit a high strength as well as a high resistance to wear.

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Heat Treated:
These alloys exhibit a high strength and a high resistance to wear.

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300 Series Stainless Steel

As Sintered:
While SS-316 H exhibits the best resistance to corrosion, SS-304 N1 offers the highest strength and SS-303 N1 is the best alloy for machining.

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400 Series Stainless Steels

As Sintered:
Exhibiting a better resistance to wear than SS-410 L, SS-434 L and SS-430 L is less magnetic than SS-410 L. SS-410 L is uszed in soft magnetic applications.

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Soft Magnetic Alloys

As Sintered:
These alloys are used for magnetic responses in DC magnets.

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Copper and Copper Alloys

As Sintered:
CZ- is used in sintered brass applications while CT- is used in sintered bronze applications. C- offers great conductivity characteristics.

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