A distributor device for use in a filling shoe for filling a mould cavity of a powder compression die, the distributor device having an inlet portion connectable to a powder supply; an outlet portion with an outlet opening; and a distributor portion arranged between the inlet portion and the outlet portion. The distributor portion includes one or more guide elements arranged to divide the distributor portion into a plurality of distributor channels. The distributor channels have an input with an input cross-sectional area at an upstream end of the distributor channel and an output with an output cross-sectional area at a downstream end of the distributor channel, wherein the input cross-sectional area differs from the output cross-sectional area for at least one of the distributor channels.

A sintered body manufacturing apparatus includes a compacting apparatus configured to press a raw powder containing a metal powder into a green compact, a machining apparatus configured to perform a cutting operation on the green compact to produce an unsintered materials, and a green compact conveying path configured to connect the compacting apparatus in series to the machining apparatus to convey green compacts one by one from the compacting apparatus to the machining apparatus.

A dust core contains magnetic nanoparticles whose average particle size is 1 to 300 nm, and an aromatic compound that includes two or more functional groups of at least one type selected from a group consisting of a carboxy group and a hydroxy group.

A metal foam ball, several millimeters in diameter, is manufactured to have an open-pore structure to absorb fluid (e.g., gas and liquid) such as water or lubricant. As an example, a copper foam ball is manufactured via a freeze casting method using prepared oxide powder slurry where a spherical silica gel mold is used to freeze the slurry, which is subsequently dried at low temperature in vacuum and then sintered at high temperature. For improved oxidation, copper alloy foam ball or copper foam ball coated with tin can also be manufactured through the same method. For improved strength, steel, copper-nickel alloy, or titanium foam ball can also be manufactured through the same method.

An implant is produced by fabricating first and second layers. The first layer of repeated and truncated building units is fused together to define pores. The second layer of repeated and truncated building units are fused together to define pores and fused onto the first layer of truncated building units. The first and the second layers form at least part of a porous portion of the implant. The formed porous portion is attached onto a base portion of an implant. The truncated building units of each of the first and the second layers are in the form of spatially overlapping three-dimensional shapes.

An iron-based powder composition including at least an iron-based powder, and a minor amount of a machinability enhancing additive, said additive including at least one titanate compound. The titanate compound being according to the following formula; MxO*nTiO2, wherein x can be 1 or 2 and n is a number from at least 1 and below 20, preferably below 10. M is an alkali metal such as Li, Na, K or an alkaline earth metal such as Mg, Ca, Ba, or combinations thereof. Further, the use of the machinability enhancing additive and a method for producing an iron-based sintered component for easy machining.

A method of custom manufacturing a fluid pressure reduction device for use in a process control valve. The method includes creating the fluid pressure reduction device using an additive manufacturing technique, which generally includes forming a body and forming a plurality of flow paths in the body. The body has an inner wall and an outer wall spaced radially outward of the inner wall. The flow paths are formed in the body between the inner wall and the outer wall of the body. Each of the flow paths includes an inlet aperture, an outlet aperture, and an intermediate section extending between the inlet and outlet apertures. At least a portion of the intermediate section extends in a substantially vertical direction that is substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis, such that the flow paths are able to utilize previously un-used space in the device.

A soft magnetic alloy or the like combining high saturated magnetic flux density, low coercive force and high magnetic permeability μ′ having the composition formula (Fe.sub.(1−(α+β))X1.sub.αX2.sub.β).sub.(1−(a+b+c+d+e))B.sub.aSi.sub.bC.sub.cCu.sub.dM.sub.e. X1 is one more elements selected from the group consisting of Co and Ni, X2 is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Al, Mn, Ag, Zn, Sn, As, Sb, Bi, N, O and rare earth elements, and M is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Nb, Hf, Zr, Ta, Ti, Mo, W and V. 0.140<a≤0.240, 0≤b≤0.030, 0<c<0.080, 0<d≤0.020, 0≤e≤0.030, α≥0, β≥0, and 0≤α+β≤0.50 are satisfied.

A soft magnetic alloy or the like combining high saturated magnetic flux density, low coercive force and high magnetic permeability μ′ having the composition formula (Fe.sub.(1−(α+β))X1.sub.αX2.sub.β).sub.(1−(a+b+c+d+e))B.sub.aSi.sub.bC.sub.cCu.sub.dM.sub.e. X1 is one more elements selected from the group consisting of Co and Ni, X2 is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Al, Mn, Ag, Zn, Sn, As, Sb, Bi, N, O and rare earth elements, and M is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Nb, Hf, Zr, Ta, Ti, Mo, W and V. 0.140<a≤0.240, 0≤b≤0.030, 0<c<0.080, 0<d≤0.020, 0≤e≤0.030, α≥0, β≥0, and 0≤α+β≤0.50 are satisfied.

Described are cementitious reagent materials produced from globally abundant inorganic feedstocks. Also described are methods for the manufacture of such cementitious reagent materials and forming the reagent materials as microspheroidal glassy particles. Also described are apparatuses, systems and methods for the thermochemical production of glassy cementitious reagents with spheroidal morphology. The apparatuses, systems and methods makes use of an in-flight melting/quenching technology such that solid particles are flown in suspension, melted in suspension, and then quenched in suspension. The cementitious reagents can be used in concrete to substantially reduce the CO.sub.2 emission associated with cement production.