“…Furthermore, the addition of NbC particles leads to an increase of the radial crushing strength, which attains values similar to those for the most expensive Fe-Co alloy (Salgado et al, 2003). On the other hand, the "Mn content iron powder + MoS 2 " method has proved to be very efficient to enhance the machinability without decreasing the radial crushing strength (Kawata and Hayashi, 2002 In previous studies (Trabadelo et al, 2002(Trabadelo et al, , 2003, the PM T42 HSS was proposed as a suitable material for manufacturing structural components.…”