ユーザーから見た自動車用焼結部品の現状と展望

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The annual growth rate of P/M parts weight per vehicle in Japan has been held steadily 6% during the past decade, while the sales of P/M parts for automobiles fell in 1993 for the first time over the three decades. The P/M industry in Japan, as well as other metal forming industries, is faced with the recession of domestic market and the increase of overseas manufacturing.<BR>In this paper, the status of Japanese P/M industry is reviewed. The technical, management and information problems are pointed out and several tentative solutions are proposed from users point of view. These solutions are; (1)promoting studies on new powder and new process for drastic cost-reduction, (2)collaborating with several P/M companies in order to both overcome technical difficulties and shorten development period, (3)enlarging standardization and propagating the integrated P/M technical knowledge to automotive designers for digging out new P/M applications. Future prospects of ferrous P/M and advanced P/M in the vehicle is also mentioned in brief.
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