• Highest degree of design freedom for complex shapes and geometries
• Provides practical economic solutions to increasingly stringent material and product design requirements
• Functional integration of various features, such as lateral drillings, interior and exterior threads and gear teeth.
• Excellent batch to batch repeatability with exceptional process capabilities
• Very high volume production series run on fully-automatic injection molding machines using multi-cavity tools
• Components can be heat and surface treated, plated, welded and soldered

Forming of the mixed powder into a compact
The dominant consolidation process involves pressing in a rigid toolset, comprising a die, punches and, possibly, mandrels or core rods. However, there are several other consolidation processes that are used in niche applications.

Sintering of the compact to enhance integrity and strength
This process step involves heating of the material, usually in a protective atmosphere, to a temperature that is below the melting point of the major constituent. In some cases, a minor constituent can form a liquid phase at sintering temperature; such cases are described as liquid phase sintering. The mechanisms involved in solid phase and liquid phase sintering are discussed briefly in a later section.

Secondary operations
The application of finishing processes to the sintered part. In the Powder Metallurgy industry, such processes are often referred to as secondary operations.

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