Sintering

[lightoftruth]

Can somebody please give me 3 examples of products made buy sintering, And if your feeling particularly generous could you tell me why sintering was used to construct them?

Many thanks in advance

[Pea Pod]

The thermal treatment of a powder or compact at a temperature below the melting point of the main constituent to increase its strength by bonding together the particles. Copper/Tin alloys...Iron/copper structual parts......Tungsten carbide/ cobalt cemented carbides. more at http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Sintering

[Pea Pod]

Whats tomorrows homework, I could start it for you now. Cheers.

[lightoftruth]

well actually I'm having great difficulty understanding the process of "spinning metal" Apparantly it is used in the production of saucepans.

Could you give be a step by step guide to it?

[Pea Pod]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal-spinning there you are it shows you how to make your own lathe perhaps you could run me up about 3 pans for xmas thanks.

[xud]

You asked for three products. I can name two. Brake pads and clutch friction plates