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Properties of Powder Injection Molded Graphite for Tribological Applications
Author(s) -
Rottmair Christian A.,
Gruhl Michael,
Winter Ralf,
Singer Robert F.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
advanced engineering materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.938
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1527-2648
pISSN - 1438-1656
DOI - 10.1002/adem.200800320
Subject(s) - materials science , graphite , tribology , machining , composite material , metallurgy
Fine grained graphites are widely used as materials for tribologically stressed components. These often complex shaped components are rather expensive due to inevitable and time consuming machining operations. In this study, mechanical and tribological properties of injection molded graphites are investigated to determine the influence of the processing conditions onto the final properties. As demonstrated in this paper injection molded graphite even exceeds the expectations and can compete with most commercially available pressed graphites.