ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=unicode"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3132" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY link=#990000> <DIV bgcolor="#D5D5D5"> <DIV style="PADDING-RIGHT: 20px; PADDING-LEFT: 20px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 40px; PADDING-TOP: 20px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(213,213,213)"> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=204 align=center bgColor=white border=0> <TBODY> <TR bgColor=white height=47> <TD width=500 height=47><IMG height=50 alt="" src="http://www.pctcutters.com/images/bannerpct.gif" width=600 align=middle useMap=#bannerpct222238 border=0><MAP name=bannerpct222238><AREA shape=RECT alt="" coords=400,15,490,42 href="http://www.pctcutters.com/ups.html"><AREA shape=RECT alt="" coords=307,15,392,42 href="http://www.pctcutters.com/order.html"><AREA shape=RECT alt="" coords=212,15,298,42 href="http://www.pctcutters.com/searchdist.html"></MAP></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=600 align=center bgColor=white border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD> <DIV align=center> <P><EM><STRONG>What is Powder Metal?</STRONG></EM></P></DIV> <DIV align=left> <P><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Powder metal, or PM, is a process for forming metal parts by heating compacted metal powders to just below their melting points. Over the past quarter century it has become widely recognized as a superior way of producing high-quality parts for a variety of important applications due to the advantages in material utilization, shape complexity, near-net-shape dimensional control, which, in turn, yield benefits in lower costs and greater versatility.</FONT></P></DIV> <DIV align=center> <P><EM><STRONG>What are the advantages of PM?</STRONG></EM></P></DIV> <DIV align=left> <P><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>As compared to conventional HSS steel, PM has better toughness and is prone to less chipping because it has small and uniformly distributed particles.</FONT></P> <UL> <LI><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>It has greater consistency in multi-spindle machines, where a single cutter failure affects several spindles</FONT><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>PM technology enhances grind ability with no reduction in wear resistance of the tool.</FONT> <LI><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Availability of higher alloy grades that can not be produced in conventional HSS.</FONT> <LI><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Much more consistent tool performance will increase productivity by reducing machining time.</FONT> <LI><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Compared to carbide, PM is not as brittle and has higher removal rates by taking heavy depths of cut and chip loads.</FONT> </LI></UL></DIV> <UL> <DIV style="PADDING-RIGHT: 19px; 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