Materials

​GKN Sinter Metals offers the broadest material selection in the industry to meet a wide range of needs, including Aluminum, Alloy and Stainless Steel, Iron, Bronze, Brass, Composites, and High Temperature Alloys. GKN's metal powders are precisely engineered to meet a wide variety of needs, with properties tailored to specific applications.
 
 
 

The PM material table is an overview of the standard materials applied to GKN’s different process and product technologies. Also available is a graph of PM material strength which illustrates how PM compares to competing processes. The Capabilities sections give more detail about several of GKN’s processes, materials, or product technologies of interest.

For new applications that may require specialized combinations of materials and processes, Please feel free to use the Contact Form which will generate a review by GKN’s Sales and Engineering teams. This form can also be used to request additional information not found on this website.

Additional detail on materials, processes, and products can be found in the Material brochures and also in the Media section.

When selecting the best PM material for a particular application, consideration is given to customer-specific requirements such as strength, ductility and wear-resistance. With our advanced specialty alloys and processing techniques, GKN PM components often exceed industry performance standards.

 

PM material table

Material

Process/Product application

Clasification Alloy Description Conventional Forged MIM Filters Bearings
Iron & Steel Iron          
Plain Carbon Steel          
Structural Alloy Steel
(Cu, Ni, Mo, Mn, Cr) *
         
Specialized Alloy Steel *          
 
Stainless Steel Austenitic          
Ferritic          
Martensitic          
Precipitation Hardening          
 
Ferrous Soft
Magnetic
Iron          
Alloyed Iron
(P, Si, and Ni) *
         
Soft Magnetic Composite          
 
Copper - Based Copper          
Brass          
Bronze          
Diluted Bronze          
 
Aluminum Alloys ** Structural (Al-Cu-Mg-Si
or Al-Mg-Si-Cu)
         
Wear Resistant
(Al-Cu-Mg-Si or MMC)
         
High Strength (Al-Zn-
Cu-Mg or MMC)