Metallurgy ea phofo(PM) ke lentsoe le akaretsang mefuta e mengata ea litsela tseo thepa kapa likarolo li entsoeng ka phofo ea tšepe.Mekhoa ea PM e ka qoba, kapa ea fokotsa haholo, tlhokahalo ea ho sebelisa mekhoa ea ho tlosa tšepe, kahoo e fokotsa haholo tahlehelo ea lihlahisoa ha e etsoa 'me hangata e baka litšenyehelo tse tlaase.

E sebelisoa haholo indastering bakeng sa lisebelisoa tsa mefuta e mengata 'me lefatšeng ka bophara ~ 50,000 tonnes/year (t/y) e entsoe ke PM.Lihlahisoa tse ling li kenyelletsa li-filters tse sintered, li-bearings tse kenngoeng ka oli, likhokahano tsa motlakase le lisebelisoa tsa daemane.

Ho tloha ha ho qala tlhahiso ea indasteri-scale metal powder-based additivemanufacturing (AM) lilemong tsa bo-2010, laser sintering le mekhoa e meng ea tšepe ea AM ke sehlopha se secha sa lisebelisoa tsa bohlokoa tsa khoebo tsa metallurgy.

Mochine oa khatiso oa phofo oa metallurgy le sinter process ka kakaretso o na le mehato e meraro ea mantlha: ho kopanya phofo (pulverization), compaction ea die, le sintering.Compaction hangata e etsoa mocheso oa kamore, 'me mokhoa o phahameng oa mocheso oa sintering hangata o etsoa tlas'a khatello ea sepakapaka le tlas'a sebopeho se laoloang ka hloko.Ts'ebetso ea bobeli ea boikhethelo joalo ka chelete ea tšepe kapa kalafo ea mocheso hangata e latela ho fumana thepa e khethehileng kapa ho nepahala ho ntlafalitsoeng(ho tsoa ho WIKIPEDIA)