The flow of powder into simple and stepped dies

Powder Technology

Volumn 134, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 24-39

  Wu, Chuan Yu ^a   Dihoru, Luiza ^a   Cocks, Alan C F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airflow; Die filling; Granular materials; Powder flow; Powder metallurgy

Indexed keywords

DIES; KINEMATICS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; VACUUM;

STEPPED DIES;

POWDERS;

AIRFLOW; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRANULAR SOLID; POWDER METALLURGY; SOLID FLOW;

AIR; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW RATE; GEOMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METALLURGY; POWDER; PROCESS MODEL; VACUUM; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0042330154     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-5910(03)00130-X     Document Type: Article

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