Sintering

DEFORM Benefits:

Quality improvement
Optimization and saving in the design
Improvement of production
Enhanced precision
Flexibility of use
Reduction of calculation times
Reduction of production rejects
Saves money

Sintering: What it is

Sintering is a thermomechanical process in which a porous material with low mechanical properties obtained by powder pressing (commonly called green-part) is subject to a combined temperature and pressure effect so as to obtain a component with density close to the unit and high mechanical features. Sintering is normally carried out in specific furnaces and controlled atmospheres. The use of pressure is widespread though there are sintering treatments carried out at low pressure or in vacuum. The components made by sintering can undergo further mechanical processes or thermochemical treatments.

Sintering Simulation: How it works

The simulation of powder metallurgy consists in developing numerical models to simulate the powder pressing and sintering phase for the production of metal materials.

The powder metallurgy process comes with several benefits, such as low use of energy and raw materials, and it is suitable for the large-scale industrial production of components with complex shape. However in components obtained through powder metallurgy, the mechanical properties reached are inadequate for high load applications. Therefore it is necessary to increase the final density of the sintered product, thus increasing its strength and fatigue properties and radically improving the mechanical properties.

This makes sintered simulation fundamental, paying special attention to simulation of elastic-plastic deformations that occur during densification.

In fact the use of Finite Element Modelling (FEM) allows you to assess the elastic-plastic behaviour of the material during rolling.

Thanks to DEFORM simulation software, sintering simulation allows you to functionally verify the workpiece, to assess elastic-plastic behaviour predicting any distortions, optimise process parameters and assesse density distribution.

What customers say about DEFORM:

DEFORM sintering simulation software is American and has been optimised to be reliable, quick and easy.

EXCELLENT AGREEMENT OF “SOFTWARE RESULTS” WITH “REALITY” DEFORM is the most widely used cold forming simulation software in the world
SAMPLING IMMEDIATELY POSITIVE The simulation makes it possible to identify defects obtained during forming, to understand their causes and therefore to undertake the right corrective actions

For the purchase, hire or a DEMO of the software or if you want to take advantage of a simulation service specially-made by our technical department, write or call us at +39 030 3365383

References

DEFORM: A software to combat expensive energy

22/02/2022

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Ecotre Valente from Brescia proposes DEFORM to optimize costs through process simulations
Not only reductions in shiftwork and production in the lower cost ranges, energy savings can also come from a simple one software.
A popular saying goes that "necessity sharpens the wits", meaning that when you are in critical conditions it is a process of nature find new solutions to problems, and in this case to costs.
Precisely in the face of the expensive energy Ecotre Valente, it has decided to offer its customers a new weapon represented by the software DEFORM for the simulation of energy consumption in furnaces...
Article in Talian

Eliminate scrap and defects with simulation

29/12/2021

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The webinar dedicated to the novelties in the simulation of hot and cold forming, coining, drawing, shearing, rolling, forging, drawing, extrusion, welding with the new software DEFORM 2021 and organized by the Brescia-based company will be held on Thursday 1 July 2021.
Article in Italian

Central watch case sintering simulation – Software DEFORM

10/12/2021

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Since 2000 DEFORM has been simulating sintering processes. DEFORM allows using a tool owned by ECOTRE to create a counter deformation to correct the deformations obtained during sintering.
Article in Italian

Pressing and Sintering Carbide Inserts – Software DEFORM

10/12/2021

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Computer simulation of the pressing and sintering process for tungsten carbide metal cutting inserts has been demonstrated. Modeling pressing and sintering using DEFORM™ can provide an opportunity for cost savings by improving the performance and reliability of the process.

Demand for the “virtual factory” rises

02/12/2021

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Ecotre Valente from Brescia distributes simulation software. Growing more than 20% annually in the last 5 years
It is a matter of time. The simulation software for casting, forging, rolling, heat treatment and machining allow to expand or compress it: ingots of tons that take days, to give just one example, can be reduced and evaluated in a few minutes; conversely, steps of a few thousandths can be analyzed in hundreds of seconds. But the time factor today is also the key to the diffusion process of these virtualization programs of the production cycle. "It's only a matter of time: even in the world of steel, the tools that allow the virtual reality of production processes will be widespread."
Article in Italian

Ecotre-Techne: simulation and tomography

16/06/2018

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Create virtual twins. Also virtualization did leaps and bounds, permitting to recreate with a precision that touches 100% an object directly on the monitor of a pc.
Article in Italian