AMES Group Sintering S.A.
Ctra Laureá Miro 3888980 Barcelona
Spain
Phone: +34 9368 55111
Fax: +34 9368 54488
E-Mail: info@ames.group
Web address: Ctra. Laurea' Miro' 388
Stand: 3.2 / A34
Company Profile
Founded in 1951, AMES is engaged in the manufacture and sale of sintered metal components. Our headquarters are located in the town of Sant Feliu de Llobregat, near Barcelona, Spain.
The company is financially and technologically independent, with 100% spanish capital. With production centers in Spain, Hungary, USA, and China we have a worldwide sales and technical support network that serves over 800 customers in more than 50 countries.
AMES is one of the world leaders in the manufacture of sintered components in large series. Our main products are:
Sintered structural components
Sintered gears
Sintered stainless steel parts
Soft magnetic sintered components
Self-lubricating sintered bearings
Filters and porous metallic components AmesPore®
Advantages of sintering
Complex shapes
High dimensional precision
Reliability and repeatability in large mass production
Self-lubrication
Unique and isotropic materials
Green technology
Excellent surface finish
Vibration damping
Weight reduction
Research is one of the mainstays of AMES. It is a strategic activity within the group, as a key element for ensuring the strength and continuity of AMES in the present and in the future. Through research, AMES aims to do the following:
Offer innovative products to satisfy unmet needs of the market.
Improve the quality and competitiveness of existing products.
Create new manufacturing processes aimed at processing new materials.
Improve processes to increase process reliability and product repeatability and reduce production costs.
Increase the diversification of the AMES group, opening up new markets by developing new products and innovative solutions.
The technology center AMES PM Tech Center is composed of a main laboratory dedicated to the development of new tecnologies and materials, being back by specific laboratories which are located in the specialized production plants.
The company is financially and technologically independent, with 100% spanish capital. With production centers in Spain, Hungary, USA, and China we have a worldwide sales and technical support network that serves over 800 customers in more than 50 countries.
AMES is one of the world leaders in the manufacture of sintered components in large series. Our main products are:
Sintered structural components
Sintered gears
Sintered stainless steel parts
Soft magnetic sintered components
Self-lubricating sintered bearings
Filters and porous metallic components AmesPore®
Advantages of sintering
Complex shapes
High dimensional precision
Reliability and repeatability in large mass production
Self-lubrication
Unique and isotropic materials
Green technology
Excellent surface finish
Vibration damping
Weight reduction
Research is one of the mainstays of AMES. It is a strategic activity within the group, as a key element for ensuring the strength and continuity of AMES in the present and in the future. Through research, AMES aims to do the following:
Offer innovative products to satisfy unmet needs of the market.
Improve the quality and competitiveness of existing products.
Create new manufacturing processes aimed at processing new materials.
Improve processes to increase process reliability and product repeatability and reduce production costs.
Increase the diversification of the AMES group, opening up new markets by developing new products and innovative solutions.
The technology center AMES PM Tech Center is composed of a main laboratory dedicated to the development of new tecnologies and materials, being back by specific laboratories which are located in the specialized production plants.
Products
SOFT MAGNETIC SINTERED COMPONENTS
AMES is a world renowned specialist in the soft sintered magnetic components manufacturing, with a wide range of applicationsSINTERED GEARS
Powder metallurgy is an ideal technology for manufacturing gears because it creates the geometry of the teeth directly in the compacting operation.SINTERED STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS
Sintering is used to make a great number of mechanical and hydraulic structural components. The main market for sintered components is the automotive industry.SELF-LUBRICATING SINTERED BEARINGS
A self-lubricating sintered bearing is a metallic component with high porosity (20-25% in volume), impregnated in a lubricant oil, which is contained in the porosity.AMESPORE® SINTERED METALLIC FILTERS AND POROUS COMPONENTS
They are produced by the powder metallurgy technology and the result of this process is a structurally functional metallic part with a controlled microporosity level.Product index
Electronic and Electrical Components
Magnets and Magnetic Materials
Magnets and Magnetic Materials, other
Intermediate, Semi-Finished Products and Materials
Sintered Parts
Motor Components and Accessories
Armatures
Bearings
Self-Lubricating Bearings
Other Machines and Manufacturing Systems
Winding Systems & Supplies
Winding Supplies
Cores
Cores, other
Keyword
Sintered components
News
Innovations in self-lubricating sintered bearings: Ames-LFC® bearings for low friction and low noise, and Ames-U4® aluminium bearings for high corrosion resistance
Ames-LFC® is the range of self-lubricating bearings produced by AMES with low friction coefficient and low noise level.Ames-LFC® are double-layer bearings. The core is a porous iron-based material, which provides low cost and high load capacity. The layer is a low friction porous tribological material, which provides low friction (< 0.01) and low noise level (only 32-33 dBA).
Compared to typical bronze sintered bearing for the same application, the Ames-LFC® bearings provide lower cost, lower noise level, and lower friction coefficient either at the beginning of the operation or in steady-state regime.
Typical applications of the Ames-LFC bearings are:
- Equipment requiring low electrical current consumption and/or low noise.
- Equipment working in start-stop conditions, where the initial friction coefficient must be minimized.
- Equipment working with stationary shaft and rotating bearing.
Examples of applications are electric motors for automotive industry (fans, sunroofs, mirrors, starters, brakes), and domestic electric motors used in household appliances or home fittings.
Ames-U4® is a new range of self-lubricating aluminium bearings.
The main advantage of Ames-U4 ® aluminium bearings is their high corrosion resistance. They are designed to work in corrosive environments in which bronze and iron suffer oxidation. They also have a low friction coefficient, between that of bronze and iron, and weigh less than both. Their working range is within a maximum PV of 1.8 MPa·m/s and a maximum speed of 2 m/s.
Many applications use technical plastic bearings because they withstand oxidizing work environments. The Ames-U4® self-lubricating aluminium bearings are an alternative that can work in the same conditions, providing good friction performance and at the maximum permissible load.