Characterisation of micro gears produced by micro powder injection moulding
β Scribed by B.Y. Tay; N.H. Loh; S.B. Tor; F.L. Ng; G. Fu; X.H. Lu
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 564 KB
- Volume
- 188
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0032-5910
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
The paper describes the fabrication of micro gears of diameter and height 1 mm by micro powder injection moulding. 316L stainless steel powder of 2.4 Β΅m (d 50 ) is mixed with a multi-component wax-based binder system. The feedstock is then injection-moulded into micro gears followed by debinding and sintering. The microstructure of the micro gear at its tooth and hub is studied by electron backscattered diffraction. The average grain size at the hub is ~5 Β΅m. However, a high content of annealing twin and a significant grain growth is found at the tooth.
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
A constitutive model based on Besson and Abouaf's constitutive equation was established to simulate densification of 316L stainless steel microstructured components fabricated by micro powder injection molding. A new sintering stress expression for final stage sintering was established by including
Films and powders of iron oxide (Fe 2 O 3 ) prepared by two different sol-gel syntheses, starting from Fe(NO 3 ) 3 Γ9H 2 O or FeCl 3 Γ6H 2 O, were investigated by Raman microscopy. Different phases with different morphology were produced according to the preparation. The spectra obtained in the micr