Powder-metallurgical manufacturing offers distinct advantages over conventional melt-metallurgical production:
Alloys that are impossible or extremely difficult to produce through melt metallurgy because of gravity segregation, solidification segregation or phase separation.
Homogeneous, segregation-free materials with quasi-isotropic properties.
Hard phases of defined grain size distributed uniformly throughout the matrix.
Near-net-shape raw components with small machining allowances, ensuring efficient use of raw materials and competitive costs.
Material composites that provide the required functional properties in specific tool regions (SARACOM).