Theory, process technology, articles forming - Hot pressing technology to produce wear-resistant P/M structural materials with dispersed solid inclusions

We have examined the possibility of milling iron, nickel, chromium, high-speed steel, and titanium carbide powders in an attritor (attrition mill) for use in producing carbide steel. The powders were milled to a particle size of 1-3 mu m for TiC and 10 mu m for metal components. As a rule, such powders and mixture of powders do not flow or form, which makes it impossible to produce blanks for hot pressing by the traditional die pressing method. Shells pressed from iron powders are proposed for forming a blank. We tested techniques for hot pressing dispersed powders into such envelopes.