Developed by the commercial PM parts manufacturing industry, this standard is a must for structural PM parts designers and engineers.
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This standard covers the most common materials used in metal injection molding, with explanatory notes and definitions.
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The latest engineering property data and information available in order to specify materials for components made by the metal AM process.
Includes helpful engineering information on typical loads, recommended press fits, and running clearances for common bearings.
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The most up-to-date information available on powder forged steel components, providing the latest specifications for PF materials.
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Methods of Test
The Standard Test Methods for Metal Powders and Powder Metallurgy Products has been developed to provide guidance for PM technology users and suppliers. They have been adopted in cooperation with member trade associations through committees comprised of technical experts responsible for developing standards within their areas of expertise and proposing them to the MPIF membership.
The latest test methods for metal powders and powder metallurgy products, providing guidance to users and suppliers
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MPIF Standard 56, Determination of Rotating Beam Fatigue Properties of Powder Metallurgy (PM) Materials –excel worksheet for Table 1
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The primary objective to this standard is to eliminate injuries associated with presses used in the PM industry by establishing safety requirements.
The American National Standard for Machine Tools—Metal Powder Compacting Presses:
Safety Requirements for Construction Care and Use was prepared in conjunction with
MPIF and the B11.16 subcommittee of ANSI. The standard was developed to eliminate
injuries to personnel associated with presses used in powder metallurgy, by
establishing safety requirements for the construction, safeguarding, care and use of PM presses.
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Analytical Strength Assessment of Components Made of Sintered Steels
Herausgeber FKM
The FKM Guideline “Analytical Strength Assessment of Components Made of Sintered Steels” is the first publicly available, engineer ready design rule dedicated to pressed and sintered steels. It is fully aligned with the established FKM framework for local, elastic stress assessment. It closes a long-standing gap: while wrought and cast steels are well covered, powder metallurgy (PM) components have lacked a coherent, validated assessment method.
The guideline enables reliable static and fatigue verification using only two material inputs: Vickers hardness (HV10) and density. From these values, all necessary properties and influence factors are derived so that the degree of utilization for static and fatigue strength can be evaluated. In addition to hardness and density, the method requires only a linear elastic finite element analysis to obtain local principal or von Mises stresses and their distribution.
The assessment approach is grounded in an exceptional database – over 22,000 fatigue data points and 64 × 2 static tests – covering 12 widely used sintered steel families and 35 specimen geometries. This breadth supports confident application across typical hardness and density ranges and complex local stress states.
Engineers benefit from minimal inputs, fast FE based workflows, reduced testing effort, and consistent, traceable decisions. The guideline is ideal for automotive and machinery applications, integrates seamlessly with existing CAE processes, and helps avoid overdesign while safeguarding durability. In short, it turns PM component design into a data guided, efficient, and robust process.
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