Agility and Flexibility. As customers develop new challenges, Cloyes Gear is poised to offer engineering solutions. Our vast experience in a variety of machined products has led to innovations in the powdered metal arena. As the industry demands components with minimum weight and optimum performance requirements, Cloyes stands ready and able to provide creative answers to tomorrow's questions.
With press sizes ranging from 60 to 825 tons, Cloyes delivers the perfect team approach combining decades of machining experience with the latest in PM technology. Our complete powdered metal facilities enable us to execute conventional PM and secondary operations in-house, thus taking high-volume powdered metal components to new standards of excellence. Our professionals select the proper materials and densities to give our customers cost-effective solutions.
With an ever-changing marketplace and increased challenges, our in-house technology ensures greater quality and maintains cost efficiency. As lightweight, high-strength engine components impact industry, Cloyes has all the necessary ingredients in place to conquer today's obstacles and set the pace for tomorrow's innovations.
- Materials: Iron, phosphorous iron, nickel/copper/steel add-mix, pre-alloyed, copper infiltrated, tungsten carbide / bronze matrix, stainless 300/400 series
- Press capacity: Up to 825 tons
- Densities: to 7.5 grams/cc
- Warm compaction
- Physical: Conventional structural to ultra-high density (UHD)
- Sintering: Traditional (2050°F), high temperature (2250°F)
- Hardening: Induction, batch (carburize, carbonitride)
- Secondary operations: All traditional machining, impregnation, bonding, sizing, vibratory finishing and steam blueing