Introduction to the fundamentals of manufacturing, properties and applicatios of powder metallurgy materials and products

Manufacturing and treatment of powders; consolidating and shaping by cold, warm hot pressing; uniaxial vs. isostatic compaction; fundamentals of sinering with solid and liquid phase; industrial sintering, furnaces, atmospheres Special consolidation techniques (powder injection moulding, rapid prototyping; extrusion, powder rolling) Secondary operations exclusively for PM (siting, repressing, infiltation) and adapted for PM (heat treatment, surface hardening, machining, joining) Relationships microstructure - properties Applications for PM materials and products, economical relevance

oral examination