powder metallurgy iron powder

Iron powder is one of the most important metal powders in the powder metallurgy industry. The largest amount of iron powder is used in powder metallurgy production. The consumption of iron powder accounts for about 85% of the total metal powder consumption.

Iron powder used in the production of powder metallurgy iron-based products of iron powder, its quality indicators include: general chemical components, such as iron, carbon, oxygen, sulfur, phosphorus and acid insolubles content, oxygen content available hydrogen loss (loss weight) of the reduction in hydrogen approximately;Physical and technological properties, such as size composition, loose packing density, fluidity, compressibility and sintering dimension stability.Such as high density, high strength as manufacturing machinery parts, oxygen content of iron powder and compressibility (iron powder was pressed in certain pressure can reach the compact density) indicators have strict requirements.Reductive method and atomization method have been able to produce low oxygen content and high compressibility of high quality iron powder.