Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for fabricating fine reduced iron powders
- Patent Title (中): 微细还原铁粉的制造方法
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Application No.: US13439118Application Date: 2012-04-04
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Publication No.: US08940075B2Publication Date: 2015-01-27
- Inventor: Kuen-Shyang Hwang , Ching-Yu Chen , Yung-Chung Lu
- Applicant: Kuen-Shyang Hwang , Ching-Yu Chen , Yung-Chung Lu
- Applicant Address: TW Dasi Township, Taiyuan County
- Assignee: Taiwan Powder Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Taiwan Powder Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Dasi Township, Taiyuan County
- Agency: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C.
- Main IPC: B22F9/04
- IPC: B22F9/04 ; B22F9/22

Abstract:
A method for fabricating fine reduced iron powders comprises the following steps: heating fine iron oxide powders having a mean particle size of smaller than 20 μm to a reduction temperature of over 700° C. to reduce the fine iron oxide powder into iron powders that are partially sintered into iron powder agglomerates; and performing a crushing-spheroidizing process on the iron powder agglomerates to obtain individual iron powders having a mean particle size of smaller than 20 μm. The method can reduce iron oxide powers into iron powders having a rounded shape and a high packing density and a high tap density, which are suitable for the metal injection molding process and the inductor fabrication process. The reduced iron powder may further be processed using an annealing process and a second crushing-spheroidizing process in sequence to further increase the sphericity, packing density, and tap density of the reduced iron powder.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130263698A1 METHOD FOR FABRICATING FINE REDUCED IRON POWDERS Public/Granted day:2013-10-10
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