Advanced NDE Technologies for Powder Metal Components
Nondestructive evaluation encompasses numerous technologies that assess materials and determine important properties. This paper demonstrates the applicability of several of these technologies to the field of powder metallurgy. The usual application of nondestructive evaluation is to detect and quantify defects in fully sintered product. But probably its most appealing role is to sense problems earlier in the manufacturing process to avoid making defects at all. Also nondestructive evaluation can be incorporated into the manufacturing processes to monitor important parameters and control the processes to produce defect free product. Nondestructive evaluation can characterize powders, evaluate components in the green state, monitor the sintering process, and inspect the final component.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- US Department of Energy (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 15004878
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-JC-153084; TRN: US200321%%381
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 2003 International Conference on Powder Metallurgy & Particulate Materials, Las Vegas, NV (US), 06/08/2003--06/12/2003; Other Information: PBD: 1 May 2003
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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