Recently social demand to achieve low fuel consumption and clean emission requires the development of new generation vehicle beyond the conventional vehicle concept. In this point, new generation vehicle is newly designed as electric vehicle, hybrid electric vehicle, fuel cell electric vehicle or 3 liter car etc. In order to develop new generation vehicle, it is very important to develop new materials and process technologies now. In this paper these new technologies are presented focusing on weight reduction specially. Steel body can be achieved 20-25% weight reduction by adoption of high strength steel and new process technologies, i.e tailored blank and hydroforming. Aluminium body can be achieved 40-50% weigt down by use of all aluminium monocoque body or aluminium space frame with aluminium panel. Plasitic composite body can be achieved 30% weight reduction comparing with conventional steel body.

It is reported about the recent developments of powder metallurgy technologies in Japan. In this several years, we cannot make no progress in the amount of powder metallurgy parts production. In order to expand the markets, it is necessary to understand the market needs, and promote technical developments to satisfy the needs which include Cost Reduction, Weight Reduction, High Performance and Environmental Friendliness. The key words of developments to meet these needs are as follows, High Productivity Net-shape High Strength High Machinability High Wear-resistance Low Friction High Magnetic Properties High Heat Properties Light Weight. It is reported some examples corresponding with every key words.

서멧이란(Cermet) '세라믹 경질상과 금속 결합상의 복합체"를 의미하나 절삭 골구계에서는 좁은 의미의 "TiC 혹은 Ti(CN)을 바탕을 Ni,Co를 결합상으로 하는 초경재료"를 의미한다. 이런한 서멧은 전략 물질적 성격이 강한 Co,W로 구성된 WC-Co 초경 합금을 대체하기 위해 고안되었는ㄴ데 ㄴ놓은 경도와 고온에서의 화학적 안정성, 낮은 비중과 저렴한 원료 가격등이 장점이나 WC-Co에 비해 상대적으로 낮은 인성이 문제점으로 지적 되어왔다.Ti

TiC core/(Ti,Mo)C rim structure in TiC--Ni base cermet which is generally prepared by sintering below 145 had been believed to be generated by the solid diffusion of Mo atoms 1 into TiC grains (D. Moskowitz and M.Humenik, 1r.:1966). Afterward, it was clarified that the c core/rim structure is generated by solution/re-precipitation mechanism : (1) grains and s small TiC grains dissolve into the Ni liquid, (2) the dissolved Mo, Ti and C atoms migrate to the s surface of TiC coarse grains, (3) the Mo, Ti and C precipitate on the surface of TiC coarse g grains and form (Ti,Mo)C solid solution rim, and (4) the Ostwald ripening (grain growth by s solution/re-precipitation mechanism) of TiC-core/(Ti,Mo)-rim grains continues, and thus the w width of (Ti,Mo)C rim (at the same time, the grain size) increases with sintering time, etc. ( (H.Suzuki, K.Hayashi and O.Terada: 1973). The TiC-core was found not to disappear even by s sintering at 190 (ibid.: 1974) Recently, FeSi core/-rim structure in Fe-66.7at%Si thermoelectric aIloy was found to also h hardly shrink and disappear by long heating at an appropriate temperature (1999: M.Tajima and K K.hayashD. Then, the authors considered its cause, and clarified experimentaIly that the disappearance of FeSi-core/-rim structure could be attributed to the exhaustion of diffusion-contributable vacancies in core/rim structure (N.Taniguchi and K.Hayashi:2001). At p present, the authors and my coworker are investigating whether the non-disappearance of TiC c core can be explained also from the new hypothesis "Exhaustion of diffusion-contributable v vacancies in corelrim structure".ure".uot;.

Plastic deformation was observed by TEM around the intragranular SiC particles in the matrix for nanocomposite system. The dislocations are generated at selected planes and there is a tendency for the dislocations to form a subgrain boundary structure with low-angel grain boundaries and networks. In this study, dislocation generated in the matrix during cooling down from sintering temperatures by the highly localized thermal stresses within and/or around SiC particles caused from the thermal expansion mismatch between matrix and SiC particle was observed. In monolithic and microcomposite system. These phenomena is closely related to the plastic relaxation of the elastic stress and strain energy associated with both thermal misfitting inclusions and creep behaviors. The plastic relaxation behavior was explained by combination of yield stress and internal stress.

분말사출성형(PIM, Powder Injection Molding) 기술은 금속, 초경 또는 세라믹 등과 같은 소결 가능한 분말을 유기결합체와 혼압하고 이를 기존의 사출성형법을 이용하여 일정한 형상으로 성형한 다음 결합제 제거정 공정을 거처 최종 고온 소결함으로써 3차원의 복잡한 형상의 부품을 후가공 없이 정밀하게 대량 생산 할 수 있는 신분말 성형 기술이다.기계 , 항공,전자정보,반도체,의료 등의 제반 분야에서 산업 및 생활기기들이 초소형화, 초정밀,