Method of making lubricated metallurgical powder composition
AssigneeHoeganaes Corporation
InventorsJames R. Johnson, Mary L. Orfield, William J. Mueller
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Abstract
A method is provided for incorporating lubricant and a sintering aid into a metallurgical powder composition of iron-based powders. A particulate iron-based powder is contacted and wetted with solution of a metal salt of a fatty acid in an organic solvent. The solvent is removed to provide iron-based particles having a coating of the metal salt. The resulting self-lubricated powder composition can be compacted and sintered to produce a compact having superior strength properties.
Claims20
A method of producing a lubricated iron-based metallurgical powder composition, comprising:
- (a) providing a solution of a metal salt of a fatty acid in an organic solvent, said metal being capable of forming an alloy with iron;
- (b) wetting a metallurgical powder composition comprising iron-based particles having a weight average particle size of from about 10-350 microns with said solution in an amount to provide about 0.1-3 weight parts of metal salt to about 100 weight parts of the iron-based particles;
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- (c) removing the solvent to provide iron-based particles having a coating of the metal salt.
A method of producing a lubricated iron-based metallurgical powder composition consisting essentially of:
- (a) providing a solution of a metal salt of a fatty acid in an organic solvent, said metal being capable of forming an alloy with iron and wherein said metal is selected from the group consisting of copper, molybdenum, nickel, manganese, and mixtures of these;
- (b) wetting a metallurgical powder composition consisting essentially of iron-based particles having a weight average particle size of from about 10-350 microns with said solution in an amount to provide about 0.1-3 weight parts of metal salt to about 100 weight parts of the iron-based particles;
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- (c) removing the solvent to provide iron-based particles having a coating of the metal salt.
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