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About Ridgway Powdered Metals
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What is Powder Metallurgy (PM)?
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Benefits of Powdered Metal -
Ridgway Powdered Metals
- Eliminates or minimizes machining
- Eliminates or minimizes scrap losses
- Maintains close dimensional tolerances
- Permits a wide variety of alloy systems
- Produces good surface finishes
- Provides materials which may be heat-treated for increased strength or increased wear resistance
- Provides controlled porosity for self-lubrication or filtration
- Facilitates manufacture of complex or unique shapes which would be impractical or impossible with other metalworking processes
- Suited to moderate- to high-volume components production requirements
- Offers long-term performance reliability in critical applications
- Cost effective
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