Cobalt is the most widely used binder in tungsten carbide (WC) -based hard metals due to its properties, mainly wettability. However, this metal can cause toxicity problems, and, in addition, it has a high production ...

Aircraft manufacturing sector manufactures a huge number of preforms near to the final profile or accuracy molds to avoid waste and to be more sustainable in terms of environ-ment. However, this near net shape (NNS) profiles ...