Sintering kinetics of the powder during fields-activated micro-forming and sintering (Micro-FAST) of copper micro-gears
Huang, Kunlan and Yang, Yi and Qin, Yi; Micari, Fabrizio and Fratini, Livan, eds. (2014) Sintering kinetics of the powder during fields-activated micro-forming and sintering (Micro-FAST) of copper micro-gears. In: Metal Forming 2014. Key Engineering Materials, 622-623 . Trans Tech Publications Ltd, ITA, pp. 854-860. ISBN 9783038351931 (https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.622...)
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Abstract
Forming of micro-components from powder with fields-activated sintering technology (FAST) renders different forming and sintering mechanisms, comparing to that occurring during the forming of macro-sized components with a similar technology. Establishing a good understanding of these mechanisms would help process design and control aiming at achieving desired quality of the components to be formed. This paper presents a study and the results on the sintering kinetics of the powder during Micro-FAST for the fabrication of micro-gears (the module is 0.2 and the pitch diameter 1.6 mm) from copper powder. The results showed that the densification of copper powder is related largely to the bulk plastic-deformations of the particles and the melting of the particles at contact interfaces. Particularly, it is revealed that plastic deformations of the copper particles mainly occurred at approximately 340 °C and melting of the particle-interfaces at approximately 640 °C. Differently, in a densification process with a traditional powder sintering method, grain growth and neck growth would, normally, be two dominant mechanisms that achieve the densification of powder.
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Huang, Kunlan, Yang, Yi and Qin, Yi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7103-4855; Micari, Fabrizio and Fratini, Livan-
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Item type: Book Section ID code: 59118 Dates: DateEvent21 September 2014Published1 July 2014AcceptedNotes: © 2014 Trans Tech Publications Huang, K., Yang, Y., & Qin, Y. (2014). Sintering kinetics of the powder during fields-activated micro-forming and sintering (Micro-FAST) of copper micro-gears. In F. Micari, & L. Fratini (Eds.), Metal Forming 2014: Selected, Peer Reviewed Papers from the 15th International Conference on Metal Forming 2014, September 21-24, 2014, Palermo, Italy. (Vol. 622-623, pp. 854-860). (Key Engineering Materials; Vol. 622-623). Pfaffikon, Switzerland: Trans Tech Publications Ltd. DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.622-623.854 Subjects: Technology > Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Technology > Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) > Engineering designDepartment: Faculty of Engineering > Design, Manufacture and Engineering Management
Technology and Innovation Centre > Advanced Engineering and ManufacturingDepositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 14 Dec 2016 13:03 Last modified: 02 Dec 2024 01:04 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/59118