The low-voltage electromagnetic compaction of powder materials

Abstract

The low-voltage-electromagnetic forming was applied to powder compaction. A series of experiments was performed to compact aluminum, copper and tin pwders in an indirect working way. Having compacted high-density powder parts successfully, the authors analyzed the effects of voltage, capacitance, friction, compaction times, powder size and other factors on the densities of compacted specimens. The experimental results show that lower voltage but larger capacitance are beneficial to increasing the density and homogeneity of the compacted specimens, if the loading velocity and discharging energy are suitable. The higher the voltage, the greater the percentage of energy consumed by friction. If the equipment energy is limited, the iterative compaction is an efficient way to manufacture homogeneous and high-density powder parts.

Keywords

powder compaction / low-voltage / electromagnetic compaction

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