Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Powder Metallurgy Pressed Sintering Integrative Furnace



The physical and mechanical properties of the metal powder can be obtained by sintering. For multicomponent liquid phase sintering, the sintering temperature is generally lower than that of refractory metals, but higher than that of fusible metals.

1.    Powder metallurgy sintering process
After the powder forming process, sintering and post-treatment (such as finishing) are required. Sintering and finishing are generally done separately. That is, sintering finished, and then put on the press finishing. For multicomponent liquid phase sintering, this separate process makes the quality of products difficult to be guaranteed. The sintering temperature is low, the fusible metal is not melted, and the bonding enhancement effect is not obtained. High sintering temperature, fusible metal melting, and easy loss and re-accumulation, will also affect the quality of products. The ideal method is to press in the furnace immediately when the sintering temperature is reached. The following describes the structural principles of some pressurized and sintered integrated equipment used in aviation powder metallurgy for high temperature sealing materials of copper or steel in the range of 500 ~ 900 , pressing in the range of 50 ~ 2 000 kg and controlling accuracy of ±1.5% of the set value.

In order to achieve pressure sintering of powder metallurgy, the following problems need to be solved in the equipment:
(1)  when the products are heated in the reducing atmosphere, the sealing of the furnace cover and the furnace tank must be ensured first, and the gas cannot be leaked. When the furnace tank is expanded by heat, when the tank body extends, there should be expansion and contraction space, can not be gored;
(2)  pressurization is carried out in the 900 high temperature furnace tank, and the extrusion mechanism is set in the furnace tank. Firstly, the high temperature strength of metal materials should be considered, and secondly, the sealing of sports pairs should be considered. They cannot produce creep, cannot be bitten to death, and the friction resistance should not be too large;
(3)  the melting point of copper alloy is generally more than 750 . Once the sintering temperature reaches, the pressure should be followed up immediately, and the pressure should be given as much as it is set, followed up dynamically, and the pressure should be kept stable.
(4)  the heating process and pressurizing process are controlled by PLC (programmable control) to ensure the repeatability of sintering process.

2.  Equipment structure features

The invention relates to a steel - based product with copper alloy powder as adhesive, pressurized and sintering furnace.

In this furnace, there is a fixed pressure head of metal embedded in the furnace body, furnace frame, elevator, furnace cover trolley, furnace tank and pressure cover. The upper end of the fixed pressure head is connected with the beam of the furnace body, and only the pressure plane inside the furnace is exposed. The furnace body, furnace frame, beam and fixed pressure head are rigidly connected. When the bottom plate of the furnace frame is welded with the ground embedded iron, a rigid frame member is formed. The vertical distance between the bearing plane of the upper constant pressure head and the ground is fixed.

The elevator is set in the pit below the furnace. The upper plane of the elevator is welded with two tracks, flush with the ground track, to facilitate the access of the furnace cover trolley. The surrounding plane of the furnace cover trolley is equipped with two sealing grooves, the inner ring is sand seal, and the outer ring is liquid seal (emulsion).There are N pressure springs in the liquid seal tank, which can carry the weight of the furnace.



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