The metallurgist's magic 1%. Free-flowing metal powder is rammed home in a 200-ton press, and presto! A metal part pops cleanly from the die—ah economical part that can be quickly finished to precision tolerances. What makes both powder and part behave? 1% to 2% of a special Mallinckrodt stéarate called Flomet Z. Flomet Ζ does many jobs at once. Makes
metal powder flow smoothly, distribute evenly, to form flawless briquettes by the thousands. Lubricates part surfaces to min imize stripping pressures. Produces flat sur faces and clean edges, free of bubbles and blisters. Helps create perfectly uniform porosity for self-lubrication that will last 15 years or more. To do such essential jobs, in your indus-
control test ing Master console maintains strict Stéarate slurry is filtered, washedand par tially Routine on-the-spot the customer of unfa parameters needed to produce highde-watered to control critical purity levels assures iling performance stéarates in massive volume. required in powder metallurgy. uniformity in lot after lot.
Flomet Z try as well as metallurgy, Mallinckrodt has created a new breed of chemical products. We maintain purity standards and physical controls of an order usually associated only with laboratory chemicals; yet we produce in economical bulk quantities to serve processing needs. Send the coupon below for action on your toughest chemical processing problem. MALLINCKRODT CHEMICAL WORKS St. Louis · New York · Los Angeles Mixed with metal powder, stéarate goes throughflowtest and other final checks against customer specifications.
Typical end result—economical, thin-wall bearings that have stripped cleanly from the die. Micrograph shows excellent pore formation.
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