Main application for sintered mechanical parts

Historically, powder metallurgy has been driven by the automotive industry, which accounts for 60 to 80% of sintered mechanical parts. However, the massive introduction of electronics has led to a non-negligible reduction in the rate of mechanical parts in this industry. At the same time, other sectors such as household appliances, construction and tooling are seeing a rapid and constant growth in the use of mechanical parts. This allows us to affirm that sintering techniques have not finished surprising us and have a bright future ahead of them. 

Our fields of application

Overmolded applications
  • Groove or knurling for fitting into a plastic holder.
  • Flanges, flats or notches to block the translation or rotation of the plastic.

overmolded applications

Automotive

Pinions and timing wheels with toothed belts 

The use of toothed belts is a relatively new technology. It allows the rational construction of engines with overhead camshafts.  

Pignog gear

This distribution is carried out by single, double or triple chains, depending on the power of the engine.

engine
Electrical applications

Polar masses, cores for magnetic circuits...

  • Polar mass for dynamo
  • Mild steel armature for disengageable fan
  • Magnetic cores for measuring instruments
  • Cable ties

household appliances

Sewing and knitting machine parts. 

This type of machine generally requires complex shaped parts that are often interesting to produce by powder metallurgy for economic reasons. 

  • Levers, forks, rods - for sewing machines
  • Parts for knitting machines
Public works equipment and heavy goods vehicles

Flanges and half-flanges, spacers:

  • High pressure hose clamps (tractors with hydraulic controls).
  • Half flanges for high pressure hoses.
  • Shaft output flange.
  • Bearing roller.
  • Track spacer (tractor).
  • Bronze part for current collection.
  • Joint spacer for twin truck wheels with its support.
  • Locking flange for a large adjusting nut
Armament

Parts for machine guns, time fuses:

  • Porous sintered iron shell belt
  • Smoke pot nozzle
  • Sintered brass parts for time fuses
  • Front sight for machine gun
Tools and portable electric machines

Claws for drills, chain saw hubs, lawnmowers, etc...

  • Cogwheels for electric drills (vibrations for drilling in stone and concrete)
  • Sprockets for electric drills
  • Parts for ratchets and jaws
  • Freewheel sprocket for lawn mowers
  • Inner tooth wheel for lifting mechanism
  • Hub for motorised chain saws
bikes and motorcycles

Magnetic steering wheel cams, steering lock washers:

  • Cam for magnetic steering wheel (motorcycle)
  • Toothed washer for bicycle steering adjustment
hydraulic pumps

Elements for high pressure pumps for servo-mechanisms or oil pumps.

Toothed Parts

Main characteristics:

  • Inner, outer and front tooth
  • Ovald design possible
  • Material and heat tratment to improve tooth wear and fatigue strenght
  • multiple tooth sections with various profile
  • sprocket with integrated or fitted key for torque transmission 
Belt drive
Pinion gear or fluid transfer gear
Chain drive
Other toothed parts

                              

      

Hub flanges
  • Inner diameter defined for   shaft fitting
  • Threaded holes on the flange 

Fluid circulator

Sealing by steam tratment

Soft Magnetic Components (SMC)
  • Manufacture of soft iron poles and cores.
  • Manufacture of rotors and stators in SMC, allowing for magnetic properties in all three dimensions.
Cam

On demand cam profile manufacturing 

Spacer

Both faces machining with dimensions accuracy ISO 7

Damping system

Our main areas of expertise

Water Pump Gear

The production range of this part is as follows: COMPACTING SINTERING CCALIBRATING EMBALLAGE

(PPH) Oil Pump Pinion

Classical forms of toothing or following conjugated profile with trochoidal base. This is the oldest application of the PM to manufacture mechanical parts. Every automobile engine must have an oil pump to lubricate moving parts under pressure. Because of the relatively low pressure required (about 4 bars), these gears are not subjected to severe mechanical stresses, but for reasons of quiet running and hydraulic efficiency, very high precision gear profiles with excellent surface finish are required. This application illustrates the interest of the M.P. to save the costs of cutting and possibly grinding the teeth, and to avoid a significant loss of metal. The pinions with conjugated profiles on a hypotrochoidal base have found it possible to manufacture them using PM because of the difficulties in obtaining precise profiles using other techniques.

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