Provided is a sizing apparatus including: a die set including a die plate that holds a die provided with a through hole to which a workpiece is to be supplied, and upper and lower punches that are to be inserted into the through hole to press the workpiece; a press main body that includes punch driving mechanisms that actuate the punches and in which the die set is configured to be attached to and detached from a predetermined position; and a turntable that is rotated on the die plate and supplies a workpiece to the die and discharges a workpiece from the die. The die set includes the turntable, and a supporting base on which the turntable is placed. The supporting base includes an axis positioning portion that is provided coaxially with a central axis of the turntable and positions the central axis at a predetermined position of the supporting base.

An actuator includes a first ball-ramp plate, a second ball-ramp plate, and a plurality of balls. The first ball-ramp plate is formed of compressed powdered metal with ramps having a higher density than at least part of a remainder of the ball-ramp component. A method of manufacturing the actuator includes compacting a metal powder to form a blank of the first ball-ramp plate including an annular body disposed about an axis and a plurality of ramps fixedly coupled to the annular body and spaced circumferentially about the axis, and locally densifying the ramps of the blank by applying force to a ramped surface of each ramp.

A method for producing a sintered component in the form of a workpiece having teeth, wherein crowning, with a central region and end regions, is formed in flanks of teeth, the tooth thickness being smaller in at least one of the end regions than in the central region of the flanks. In order to form the crowning, at least one pressing punch acts on the teeth, which are located in a die, along a first axis such that the teeth are sized at least to the central region by means of axial pressing.

A method for producing a sintered component in the form of a workpiece having teeth, wherein crowning, with a central region and end regions, is formed in flanks of teeth, the tooth thickness being smaller in at least one of the end regions than in the central region of the flanks. In order to form the crowning, at least one pressing punch acts on the teeth, which are located in a die, along a first axis such that the teeth are sized at least to the central region by means of axial pressing.

Provided is a sizing apparatus including: a die set including a die plate that holds a die provided with a through hole to which a workpiece is to be supplied, and upper and lower punches that are to be inserted into the through hole to press the workpiece; a press main body that includes punch driving mechanisms that actuate the punches and in which the die set is configured to be attached to and detached from a predetermined position; and a turntable that is rotated on the die plate and supplies a workpiece to the die and discharges a workpiece from the die. The die set includes the turntable, and a supporting base on which the turntable is placed. The supporting base includes an axis positioning portion that is provided coaxially with a central axis of the turntable and positions the central axis at a predetermined position of the supporting base.

A device for producing a gear green compact from a powder includes a die, an upper stamp, and a lower stamp, wherein the die has at least one helical toothing on an inner lateral surface, which helical toothing extends only over a partial area of the circumference of the inner lateral surface, and which has a first helix angle, wherein, adjoining the first helical toothing in a circumferential direction, one toothed edge surface is formed on each side, both of which have a second helix angle, wherein at least one of the second helix angles of the die is unequal to the first helix angle of the helical toothing of the die.

A treated additive manufactured article is disclosed. The article comprises a shaped metal alloy having a treated surface layer and a core. At least one of the average hardness of the treated surface layer is greater than the average hardness of the core, and the average corrosion resistance of the treated surface layer is greater than the average corrosion resistance of the core.

A treated additive manufactured article is disclosed. The article comprises a shaped metal alloy having a treated surface layer and a core. At least one of the average hardness of the treated surface layer is greater than the average hardness of the core, and the average corrosion resistance of the treated surface layer is greater than the average corrosion resistance of the core.

An oil-impregnated sintered bearing comprises a bearing hole. In the bearing, sliding surfaces supporting an outer circumferential surface of a shaft and an oil supply surface whose diameter is larger than that of the sliding surfaces are formed on an inner circumferential surface of the bearing hole into which the shaft is inserted. The sliding surfaces and the oil supply surfaces are adjacent to each other in the axial direction of the bearing hole. A height gap “d1” between the sliding surfaces and the oil supply surface is not less than 0.01% and not more than 15% of an inner diameter of the sliding surfaces. A surface opening percentage of the sliding surfaces is not higher than 10%. A surface opening percentage of the oil supply surface is higher than 10%. An average circle-equivalent diameter of opening parts of pores on the sliding surfaces is not larger than 20 μm.

Spherical shaped ejection particles are ejected against a surface of a sintered body including hard particles and a binder metal phase bonding the hard particles together, with a compressed gas at an ejection pressure of from 0.2 MPa to 0.6 MPa or at an ejection velocity of from 80 m/s to 200 m/s and the spherical ejection particles having a hardness not less than the hardness of the binder metal phase and that is a hardness of 1000 HV or less and being particles having an average particle diameter from 20 μm to 149 μm. Thus, plastic deformation resulting from such impact and the instantaneous temperature rise and cooling occurring at the impact sites micronizes the structure of the binder metal phase, causes a change to a dense structure, and imparts compressive residual stress thereto. This results in strengthening, and enables prevention of brittle fracture in the sintered body.