Metal Powder

Applications

Major products are copper and copper alloy powders, aluminum powders, aluminum/magnesium alloy powders, silver, tin, lead and solder powders. These powders are used as raw materials for a wide variety of industrial applications such as - oil impregnated self-lubricating bearings, automotive parts, refractory bricks, welding rods and wires, defense industry, chemical industry and many other uses.

For the last two decades, the maior research activities at CSC have been concentrated on quality improvement, cost reduction and new product development of metal powders. All these efforts have been made to meet the diverse needs of customers and to help them to become more competitive in terms of both quality and price.

These continuous and intensive R & D efforts have placed CSC in the forefront among the producers of metal powders of the world. The superb quality, which guarantees consistency from one batch to another, and the diversity of CSC metal powder products assure complete satisfaction of requirements of every customer.

The maior applications of metal powders are the powder metallurgy (P/M) uses. The merits of the powder metallurgy technology were recognised by the early automotive engineers who developed the self-lubricating bearing which is virtually the first commercial application of a P/M product. Porous self-lubricating bearings can only be manufactured by P/M technique. The P/M technology was then introduced to making structural components. Structural parts had cost advantages over conventional part making technology. However, the significant commercial applications of modern powder metallurgy started quite recently when people became concerned much more about the preservation of the environment. The P/M processes are free of fumes or chemical pollutants and require little or no machining, thus resulting in minimal scrap loss. As a result, many types of machine parts, electrical and electronic parts are now being manufactured by this P/M technology. In addition to the P/M applications, metal powders are also useful as ingredients to the fire bricks for steel industry, arc welding electrodes, conductive paints, pigments, propellants, catalysts, and metal reinforced plastics.

Applications of Metal Powders

Powder Metallurgy Uses - Self-lubricating porous bearings - Metal bushes and bearings - Friction parts - Mechanical parts - Electrical contacts - Metal filters - Hard metals - Composite materials - Diamond tools - Infiltrating agents Electronic Materials Conductive Paints EMI Materials Resistance Paints Fireworks Metallizing Pigments Filler for Resins Welding Electrodes Batteries Chemicals Abrasives Reducing Agents Propellants Magnetic Materials