Abstract
PM parts offer many advantages such as machining free and freedom of alloy design, so a lot of PM parts have been adopted for automobile. Several car manufacturers started mass production in trans plants of oversea and adoption of local parts because of increasing value of Japanese yen. So the increasing trend of domestic PM parts shipments is not strong. In this report the situation of PM parts and automobile industry is described and the needs of automobile industry for PM parts and the seeds of PM parts technologies are also explained. The perspective of new PM parts technologies for automobile is described as the summing-up.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1318-1322 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Funtai Oyobi Fummatsu Yakin/Journal of the Japan Society of Powder and Powder Metallurgy |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1996 Nov |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Automobile industry
- Concurrent engineering
- PM automobile parts
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Mechanical Engineering
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
- Metals and Alloys
- Materials Chemistry