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Recycling-Cum-Manufacturing Process for Utilization of Finely Divided Ferrous Metallic Scrap

Version 1 : Received: 27 September 2018 / Approved: 27 September 2018 / Online: 27 September 2018 (15:07:43 CEST)

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Rane, K.; Date, P.P. Recycling Potential for Finely Divided Ferrous Metallic Scrap Using Powder Technology. Recycling 2018, 3, 59. Rane, K.; Date, P.P. Recycling Potential for Finely Divided Ferrous Metallic Scrap Using Powder Technology. Recycling 2018, 3, 59.

Abstract

The issues of metallic scrap management and its utilization in manufacturing plants are nowadays intensely considered to address essential sustainability guidelines. Efficient recycling procedure for shop floor metallic scrap is not yet available because of abundance and contamination of nonmetallic constituents. Other ferrous metallic scrap are melted and purified during secondary steelmaking to get products in the form of blooms and billets are obtained. This study illustrates the potential of powder technology (powder metallurgy (PM) and metal injection molding (MIM)) based process for solid-state recycling and attainment of usable products. Industrially downgraded grinding sludge is pulverized and used as a raw material. Results showed properties of sintered parts are significantly improved due to in-situ reduction and densification during sintering. Recyclability Index (RI) was created to compare the effect of process variables on obtained products. Based on RI, recycled ferrous parts have about 70% comparable properties with equivalent pure iron parts. Complex reduction and sintering behavior in MIM, particularly, diffusion and pore volume kinetics limits applicability of MIM with this recycling approach. However, few industrial parts were developed and manufactured by PM based approach to validate the applicability of this novel recycling-cum-manufacturing process for the production of porous parts.

Keywords

solid state recycling; metallic scrap/sludge; powder metallurgy; in-situ reduction

Subject

Engineering, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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