Details are available on request. Advantages of using sinter-hardening include improved dimensional control, and reduction of the number of processing steps. Sintering furnaces for processing sinter-hardening steels need to have a rapid cooling arrangement to reach the cooling rates at which the parts can be sinter hardened. We posses such technology and equipment, and can offer parts in sinter-hardening steels on specific request. The copper is infiltrated into a base skeleton of FX-1008 material.
Typical applications are in electroplating, to improve machinability, and leak-tightness.