Development for Automated Manufacturing Process of Steel Powder

Abstract

KOBE STEEL, LTD(KSL) has been produced the steel powder for P/M structual part. Due to an increase of demand of powder and strict requirement of its quality, KSL constructed a new powder plant.
The new powder plant succeeded to increase its productivity by three times with fifty percent reduction of variation of properties using a state-of-art automated and consecutive line. The new plant improved powder quality, cost competitiveness and working environment which meet an original plan.