P/M Benefits
Strength, Durability, and Versatility

Powder Metallurgy, or P/M, is one of the most versatile manufacturing processes in existance.

A wide range of industries have discovered that P/M processing is an efficient and cost-effective alternative to machined parts, castings, and forgings; in addition, P/M can provide greater strength, durability, and performance.

PM Makes the Difficult Achieveable

Because P/M facilitates the mass production of high quality complex metal parts at low cost, it is the process of choice for industries of all types.

P/M is also the production method of choice for parts that require the use of difficult-to-fabricate materials such as tungsten and molybdenum, which cannot be efficiently produced through any other process.

In addition, porous bearings, filters, and many types of hard and soft magnetic parts are exclusively produced through the P/M process.

Secondary processes can further strengthen P/M parts and increase wear resistance.

  PM Advantages Include the following:

• Low cost, mass production of high quality, strong, complex metal parts
  
  
• Maintains close dimensional tolerances
  
  
• Provides a good surface finish
  
  
• Eliminates or minimizes post-production operations
  
  
• Availability of wide variety of alloyed materials
  
  
• May be heat treated for increased strength or wear resistance
  
  
• Provides controlled porosity for self-lubrication
  
  
• Achieves complex/unique shapes impossible or impractical by any other process suited to moderate-to-high volume
  
  
• Offers reliability in critical applications