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DaimlerChrysler looks to increase PM usage MAJOR automotive manufacturer DaimlerChrysler (Auburn Hills, MI, USA) is studying opportunities to increase the use of powder metal (PM) connecting rods in its engines. The company currently uses powder-forged con rods in about a third of its North American built passenger car and light-duty truck engines. Extending the use of such rods to the rest of its engines would require an estimated 8500-9000 metric tonnes of steel powders per year, equal to 2-3% of the current total North American usage of steel and iron powders. According to DaimlerChrysler’s purchasing agent Mark T. Romant, reported in American Metal engine Market, Mercedes applications are the first to be examined in the study.
Powder-forged con rods are currently used in the company’s 2.0 and 2.4 litre inline 4-cylinder units produced in Saltillo, Mexico and Trenton, MI, USA, the 2.7 litre V-6s built in Kenosha, WI; and the 4.7 litre V-8s produced in Detroit. The new 3.7 litre V6 truck engine scheduled for 2000 will also employ powder forged rods, according to the company. In addition, DaimlerChrysler uses PM in the main bearing caps of a limited number of its engines, as well as in some engine timing chain sprockets, camshaft lobes, drive and driven balance shaft gears, valve seats, valve guides and oil pumps, DaimlerChrysler; tel: +l-248-576-5741; fax: +l248-512-2924.
Reference work updated, released on CD-ROM FOR most people in the powder metallurgy (PM) industry the words ‘Volume 7’will be immediately recognized, referring to the edition of the Metals Handbook dedicated to the technology. Devotees of this comprehensive text will be pleased to know that a fully revised and updated edition is now available, both in print and as part of a CD-ROM. While it has retained its ‘lucky 7’ identifier, the print volume does have a revised title. It is now ASM Handbook: Volume 7 - Powder Metal Technologies and Applications, reflecting the evolution and advancement of both its parent organization, ASM International, and the field on which it reports. The comprehensive nature of its coverage remains unchanged, however, with the revisions encompassing the inclusion of new technologies such as warm compaction, powder injection, binder assisted extrusion, and spray forming.
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In addition to the print version, Volume 7 has also found its way onto a CDROM, forming part of the fourth release from Dialog Corp dedicated to the ASM Handbook series. This release, the Manufacturing Processes Collection, also contains: vol. 14 (Forming and Forging), vol. 15 (Casting); vol. 16 (Machining) and vol. 17 (Non-destructive Evaluation and Quality Control). It sells for US$615 with a 10% discount for existing print version subscribers. The CD-ROM uses DynaTextTM Electronic Book Technology to present a combination of text, tables, illustrations and photographs in a format resembling the pages of a book. Multiple options for searching the CD-ROM are provided, including full-text searches and index look-up. ASM International; tel: +I-440-338-5151; fax: +l440-338-4634. Dialog; tel: +44-1993-899300; fax: +441993-899333.
Powder-forged con rods are currently used in the company’s 2.0 and 2.4 litre inline 4-cylinder units produced in Saltillo, Mexico and Trenton, MI, USA, the 2.7 litre V-6s built in Kenosha, WI; and the 4.7 litre V-8s produced in Detroit. The new 3.7 litre V6 truck engine scheduled for 2000 will also employ powder forged rods, according to the company. In addition, DaimlerChrysler uses PM in the main bearing caps of a limited number of its engines, as well as in some engine timing chain sprockets, camshaft lobes, drive and driven balance shaft gears, valve seats, valve guides and oil pumps, DaimlerChrysler; tel: +l-248-576-5741; fax: +l248-512-2924.
Reference work updated, released on CD-ROM FOR most people in the powder metallurgy (PM) industry the words ‘Volume 7’will be immediately recognized, referring to the edition of the Metals Handbook dedicated to the technology. Devotees of this comprehensive text will be pleased to know that a fully revised and updated edition is now available, both in print and as part of a CD-ROM. While it has retained its ‘lucky 7’ identifier, the print volume does have a revised title. It is now ASM Handbook: Volume 7 - Powder Metal Technologies and Applications, reflecting the evolution and advancement of both its parent organization, ASM International, and the field on which it reports. The comprehensive nature of its coverage remains unchanged, however, with the revisions encompassing the inclusion of new technologies such as warm compaction, powder injection, binder assisted extrusion, and spray forming.
8 MPR October 1999
In addition to the print version, Volume 7 has also found its way onto a CDROM, forming part of the fourth release from Dialog Corp dedicated to the ASM Handbook series. This release, the Manufacturing Processes Collection, also contains: vol. 14 (Forming and Forging), vol. 15 (Casting); vol. 16 (Machining) and vol. 17 (Non-destructive Evaluation and Quality Control). It sells for US$615 with a 10% discount for existing print version subscribers. The CD-ROM uses DynaTextTM Electronic Book Technology to present a combination of text, tables, illustrations and photographs in a format resembling the pages of a book. Multiple options for searching the CD-ROM are provided, including full-text searches and index look-up. ASM International; tel: +I-440-338-5151; fax: +l440-338-4634. Dialog; tel: +44-1993-899300; fax: +441993-899333.