O.V. Roman Powder Metallurgy Institute offers consumers an energy-efficient, high-performance sintering line for the serial production of friction discs for automotive and special-purpose equipment friction units under a manufacturing agreement, and optimized heat treatment technology under a licensing agreement, and is looking for partners to conclude a distribution services agreement.

Sintering lines for the mass production of friction discs for automotive and special-purpose vehicles are high-tech equipment used to create durable and wear-resistant components. Several leading manufacturers specialize in the global market for sintering and processing friction materials. The following are the world's leading manufacturers of friction disc sintering equipment:

1. Höganäs AB (Sweden)
- Key Features: Höganäs is a global leader in powder metallurgy and offers equipment for the sintering of metals and friction materials. Their technologies are used to produce friction discs with high precision.

2. SMS Group (Germany)
- Key Features: SMS Group manufactures powder metallurgy equipment, including sintering lines for friction materials. The company offers solutions for the mass production of components for automotive and special-purpose vehicles.

3. Elnik Systems (USA)
- Features: Elnik Systems specializes in the production of sintering and debinding equipment. Their systems ensure high productivity and precision in the production of friction discs.

4. ALD Vacuum Technologies (Germany)
- Features: ALD Vacuum Technologies offers vacuum sintering furnaces used to produce friction materials and friction component parts.

5. Ipsen International (Germany/USA)
- Features: Ipsen manufactures heat treatment equipment, including sintering furnaces for friction materials. Their technologies ensure uniform sintering and high product quality.

The O.V. Roman Institute of Powder Metallurgy has developed a highly efficient heat treatment process and introduced a friction disc sintering line into serial production, improving the quality of friction discs for companies in Belarus and the CIS that produce automotive, tractor, and special-purpose equipment.

The information is published in the Catalogue "Advanced Developments of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus" 2024, pp. 108-109.

The developed process improves the quality of manufactured friction discs through the development and implementation of a sintering line capable of maintaining the required thermal conditions with a high degree of temperature control accuracy. The use of three tables and the automated sintering process has significantly increased productivity and enabled the development of a new range of friction discs.

The scientific and technical level of this development is world-class, as evidenced by the tribological properties of friction discs achieved for companies in Belarus, Russia, and elsewhere.

The O.V. Roman Institute of Powder Metallurgy completed a research project titled "Develop a resource-saving technology for manufacturing friction discs from composite multicomponent powder materials with mineral additives."

The results of this research were used in the development of this technology.

The Institute's areas of activity.

Fundamental research:
- development of scientific principles for controlling the properties of composite powder materials with inclusions of a hard (soft) phase using computer modeling of their macrostructure and behavior under external force and temperature influences;
- development of scientific principles for the creation of and methods for controlling the structure and properties of nanostructured composite materials;
- development of scientific foundations for the creation of permeable materials with an organized structure obtained by powder metallurgy methods for combustion, filtration, and catalysis;
- study of heat and mass transfer processes in porous powder materials with an irregular pore structure;
- development of scientific foundations for producing composite powders of a given chemical and phase composition using mechanical alloying, granulation, self-propagating high-temperature synthesis (SHS), and the application of functional protective coatings from powder materials;
- study of the mechanism of strengthening of composite coatings during treatment with highly concentrated energy flows;
- Mathematical modeling of the formation of deformations and stresses in welded structures;
- Development of theoretical and technological foundations for the production of welding materials and components for their production;
- Study of metallurgical and thermal deformation processes during high-speed plastic deformation of materials for the production of welded joints and materials (friction stir welding);
- Fundamental scientific research on the effects of pulsed processes on materials, and the interaction of compact and discrete powder bodies at various loading rates, including those due to the energy of explosives;
- Development of a mathematical and computer model for the interaction of a melt particle with a solid surface under changing environmental parameters and the properties of the coatings being formed;

Applied Research:
- Development and implementation of new technological processes, materials, and equipment in the field of creating functional ceramics, porous materials for various purposes, layered and cast composite materials using high pressures and various loading rates;
- Development of low-alloy powder steels with a nanoscale dispersed ferrite-martensite structure obtained using interparticle and intergranular sliding mechanisms during pressing and heat treatment, and the manufacture of products from them;
- Production of nanoscale additives based on aluminum, copper, silicon, manganese, chromium, phosphorus, carbon, and other elements using mechanical activation, SHS, and hydrothermal synthesis;
- Production of capillary-porous powder materials with an irregular pore structure based on copper, nickel, titanium, and aluminum to intensify heat and mass transfer processes in cooling systems of new electronic devices, personal computer components, and laptops;
- Production of highly efficient porous and highly porous cellular materials with functional coatings through the creation of composite microstructures such as metal-ceramics, polymer-ceramics, and ceramic-ceramics (filter elements, membranes) for energy-saving liquid and gas purification processes;
- Production of hard alloys with the introduction of nanocrystalline carbides and transition metal oxides for the manufacture of forming tools;
- Development of technologies for the production of carbon-carbon materials and products made from them;
- Study of high-speed plastic deformation processes in friction stir welding;
- Development of new composite powder materials with high performance properties, including high density, capillary-porous, wear-resistant, radar-absorbing, heat-shielding, etc.

Official website of the Institute.

Customers interested in purchasing an energy-efficient, high-performance sintering line for the serial production of friction discs for automotive and special-purpose vehicles under a manufacturing agreement and optimized heat treatment technology under a license agreement.

Partners interested in purchasing an energy-efficient, high-performance sintering line for the serial production of friction discs for automotive and special-purpose vehicles and optimized heat treatment technology under a distribution services agreement.