Recent Technology of Powder Metallurgy and （最近的粉末冶金技术和）.pdfVIP

Review Paper ② Recent Technology of Powder Metallurgy and Applications Tadayuki Tsutsui Hitachi Powdered Metals Co., Ltd. Powder metallurgy has grown with the expansion of various industries since 1950. The expansion of the automotive industry especially, which came from the U.S., has been a big influence. Nowadays, over 90% of powder metallurgy products are used in the transportation market. Recently, the automotive industry is in the trend of the post-oil due to increasing environmental concerns, and technologies for reducing fuel consumption have been rapidly developed, such as lightweight technology and engine downsizing for environmentally friendly vehicles. To achieve this reduction, powder metallurgy products, which are components of the latest systems, are also required to have higher performance. Moreover, the development of new field products such as magnetic materials is expected to meet the new trends of the automotive industry, electric and hybrid vehicles. Furthermore, the adoption of next generation applications in powder metallurgy is strongly required in growth markets such as information home appliances, sustainable energy, and life sciences. In this report, the features and trends of powder metallurgy are first described, and the latest technologies and newest application examples in our company are introduced. 1 Introduction 1.1 Process and Features of Powder Metallurgy Powder metallurgy (P/M) is a materials processing technology to create new materials and parts by diffusing different metal powders as raw ingredients through the sintering process. Products are created by P/M using the basic process shown in Figure 1. The features of P/M can be seen in the following five areas: 1) alloys can be created from high melting point metals, including tungsten, molybdenum, and tantalum; 2) metal/non-metal composite mate