The technical and commercial advantages of producing parts through the Powder Metallurgy Process are that it offers a unique opportunity to produce close-to-size components cost effectively. The additional benefit of this process is that it shows versatility in production – from dense parts like gears to porous parts like filters and self lubricating bearings. The process has been very well established and is being updated-the thrust being continuous improvement.

The process consists of the following:

Mixing : Mixing consists of blending of various powders, like iron powder, Copper powder, Tin powder, Carbon, Speciality lubricants & chemicals etc into a uniform non-segregating powder mix.

Compacting: We have pressing capacity upto 100 T installed. Higher capacity machines are planned in near future. Tooling designed to produce the parts close to net size on sintering. We have adopted the best possible toll design, tool rigs and tooling system for the production at higher densities.

Pressing: Our mechanical and hydraulic press equipment can make a wide range of part sizes and shapes. We currently produce complex multilevel parts as well as bushings and bearings. Our presses have a range upto 100 T enabling us to efficiently produce small, medium and large size parts.
Sizing: We have sizing presses ranging from 5T to 100T. By the use of Hard Metal tool elements in most cases we have established a highly productive and economical sizing practice.

Material Blending: SSP can blend material to customer specifications. Often a pre-blend is available to reduce cost. We use a wide variety of materials. These include iron, steel, copper steel, low alloy steel, copper infiltrated steel, copper, brass, bronze and other speciality alloys. There are also other materials that are available that can be blended to your specifications.

Steam Treatment: Steam Treatment is a process of controlled oxidation of ferrous parts where the base metal Iron and its oxides like ferrous oxide are further oxidized to a more stable ferric oxide state. This process prevents rusting of ferrous parts.

Oil & Resin Impregnation: In-house facilities are provided for impregnating parts with oil and carrying out steam treatment as and when required.
Secondary Operations:

a) Machining Operations like drilling, tapping, groove cutting, grinding is done in house. We have involved Speciality jigs and fixtures for the above.
b) Iron parts can be treated specially to prevent corrosion.
c) Finishing operations include dry & wet barreling, deburring and burnishing operations.

Design Facility:
Latest computer aided design facility with 2D and 3D simulations are utilized for the designing of tooling elements. SSP designs all tooling required to produce a part to customer specifications. Our computer aided design system ensures efficiency and accuracy. Our engineering expertises are standing by to answer queries regarding your powder metal requirements.