The predominant market for Press/Sinter structural Powder Metallurgy parts is the automotive sector. On average across all geographical regions, around 80% of all Powder Metallurgy structural components are for automotive applications.

Around 75% of these automotive applications are components for transmissions (automatic and manual) and for engines.

Transmission applications include:

• Synchroniser system parts
• Gear shift components
• Clutch hubs
• Planetary gear carriers
• Turbine hubs
• Clutch and pocket plates

Engine parts include:

• Pulleys, sprockets and hubs, particularly those associated with the engine timing belt system
• Valve seat inserts
• Valve guides
• PM lobes for assembled camshafts
• Balancer gears
• Main bearing caps
• Engine manifold actuators
• Camshaft bearing caps
• Engine management sensor rings

Powder Metallurgy parts also find application in a range of other automotive systems:

• Oil pumps – particularly gears
• Shock absorbers – piston rod guides, piston valves, end valves
• Anti-lock Braking Systems (ABS) – sensor rings
• Exhaust systems – flanges, oxygen sensor bosses
• Chassis components
• Variable Valve Timing systems
• Continuously Variable Transmissions
• Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) systems
• Turbochargers