Molybdenum Pressed & Sintered Parts

Among the characteristics which make tungsten and molybdenum useful metals are their high melting points, along with high tensile properties and hardness. These same properties also make it difficult for simple and economic production of powder metallurgy parts. FOTMA has successfully developed the powder metallurgy process for the commercial production of molybdenum and tungsten diode heat sinks. They are now being supplied to customers around the world at a rate of billions of parts a year.

This technology also lends itself to the production of other high volume, discrete parts with simple geometries. Listed below are some parameters to be considered in evaluating such sintered metal products for practical commercial production.

Materials
Molybdenum and tungsten only. FOTMA has unique capabilities for these two high performance materials. There is also the possibility of mixing molybdenum and tungsten.

Shapes
Simple shapes are: cylinders, discs, cubes, washers and spheres. In general, symmetrical shapes are most easily produced.