Accession Number:

ADA090379

Title:

Powder Metallurgy Steel Forgings for Small Arm Applications,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

ARMY ARMAMENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COMMAND DOVER NJ FIRE CONTROL AND SMALL CALIBER WEAPON SYSTEMS LAB

Personal Author(s):

• Crowson,Andrew

Report Date:

1980-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

15.0

Abstract:

Powder metallurgy PM steel forging is a relatively new fabrication process. Although experimental activities date back to the early 1960s, it was not until the early 1970s that the process was fully developed as a viable manufacturing technique. The process combines the advantages of fabricating net or near-net shape parts using conventional PM processing and of property enhancement achieved by subsequent forging. Author

Descriptors:

• *STEEL
• *FORGING
• *SMALL ARMS
• *POWDER METALLURGY
• MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
• MANUFACTURING
• PROCESSING
• SHAPE
• FABRICATION
• VIABILITY

Subject Categories:

• Metallurgy and Metallography
• Fabrication Metallurgy

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE