Dimensional change of compact made from (Fe-Cu) prealloyed powder and copper powder compared to that of compact made from iron-copper elemental powder. The compact made from the prealloyed powder with a copper content of 7.18mass% which is nearly equal to its solution limit and copper powder showed only the large contraction in spite of penetration of liquid copper into grain boundary of the prealloyed powder. But the compact made from iron-copper elemental powder showed the large expansion in spite of same chemical composition with former case.

Powder forging is used for heavy-loaded parts (rings of rolling-contact bearings, gears etc.) production. Rolling contact fatigue is material property values of which characterize possibility of practical utilization of such parts. Rolling contact fatigue of some steels obtained out of prealloyed powders Astaloy CrM, Atomet 4601, Atomet 4901 and powder blends iron-carbon-nickel by hot forging is studied in the present paper. Effect of various kinds of heat and thermomechanical treatment on rolling contact fatigue is determined. Thermomechanical treatment provides optimal values of rolling contact fatigue. In this case steel structure contains up to 40% of retained metastable austenite which is transformed to martensite on trials. Thus typically crack is generated on residual pores and non-metallic inclusions instead of martensite zones in wrought steels.

순첨분말에 (CuNO3)2, Ni(NO3)2)2, (NH4)6Mo7O24를 이온확산시켜 부분확산합금강분으로 제조하고, Cu, Ni, Mo의 함량에 따른 성형성, 소결성, 기계적특성을 조사하였다. 연구결과 각각 Cu 1.50wt%, Ni 1.75wt%, Mo 0.50wt%일 때, 경도 및 인장강도는 우수하고, 수축률의 변화는 거의 없음을 알 수 있었다. 이러한 결과를 이용하여 Cu 1.50wt%, Ni 1.75wt%, Mo 0.50wt%가 함께 이온확산된 부분합금강분을 제조하여 특성을 조사하고, 스웨덴의 Hoganas사에서 수입되고 있는 부분합금강분(distalloy AB/ sub /)과 성형성, 소결성 및 기계적 특성을 비교하여 분석한 결과 본 연구방법에 의해 제조된 것이 성형성이 우수하고, 소결치수의 변화가 거의 없었으며, 같은 소결밀도 및 소경온도 조건에서 인장강도는 15~20Kg/mm2, 경도는 Hv20-30 더 크고, 열처리 하였을 때도 경도 및 인장강도가 좀 더 양호한 결과를 얻었다.

The effect of the role of alloyed components on the densification of two kind of high speed steel (mixed and prealloyed powder), which were sintered at 1403~ 1573 K for 7.2 ks in vacuum, was investigated. The results obtained were as follows. (1) Without the presence of Vanadium (V), the relative density of sintered compacts (Ds) could not reached the density of 100% regardless of the. elements in the compacts. (2) The addition of V up to 2 mass% did not result In the complete densification when the carbon content was fixed at 2% in the compact. (3) With the fixed amount of V of 7%, Ds decreased with the increase of the carbon content. (4) The addition of mixed fine powder to the prealloyed powder in the range of 20 to 40% provided the complete densification and carbide panicles of 1~2 through the solid phase sintering. (5) The V element played important role in controlling the complete or incomplete densification of the sintered compacts in the alloyed component because of its formation of stable oxide and carbide as well as the low equilibrium pressure of CO gas.