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Download the June 2019 issue of PIM International, out now
June 19, 2019
The June 2019 issue of  Powder Injection Moulding International (Vol. 13 No. 2) has been released and is now available to read for free onlineÂ...»
See you at POWDERMET2019 in Arizona
June 19, 2019
POWDERMET2019, the International Conference on Powder Metallurgy and Particulate Materials, and AMPM2019, Additive Manufacturing with Powder Meta...»
Seco/Warwick to showcase two new process solutions for heat treating at Thermprocess 2019
June 18, 2019
Seco/Warwick, Swiebodzin, Poland, has reported that it will be showcasing its two new process solutions at Thermprocess 2019, taking place in Dü...»
Air Products to showcase new gas density sensor for furnaces at POWDERMET2019
June 18, 2019
Industrial gas company Air Products, Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, USA, will highlight its new gas density sensor at POWDERMET2019, the Internationa...»
Industry 4.0 and the Powder Metallurgy industry: Challenges and opportunities ahead
Computers and the internet affect all sectors of our lives and have led to profound changes in industrial production. Through growing digitalisation and the integration of ever more advanced artificial intelligence, the ability for systems to respond to external circumstances without human intervention is just one aspect of what has come to be known as the fourth industrial revolution, or ‘Industry 4.0’.
Just how and to what degree this could affect the Powder Metallurgy industry has been the subject of several recent presentations at technical conferences. In this article, Dr Georg Schlieper offers a look at the challenges that Industry 4.0 brings to the PM industry, and highlights the opportunities that could lie ahead.
New opportunities for master alloys: Ultra-high pressure water atomised powders
Research began on the development of master alloys (MAs) for PM steels some fifty years ago. Over the years, a number of master alloys have shown promise, but the wide adoption of these was prevented due to the need for high sintering temperatures and the excessive tool wear caused by the very hard and angular MA powder particles.
In this article, Dr Raquel de Oro Calderon of the Institute of Chemical Technologies and Analytics at TU Wien, Austria, reports on work that makes use of ultra-high pressure water atomised master alloy powders and could significantly increase the hardenability of commercial steel powders at a very low alloying cost.
Automotive teardown:
Dismantling of three modern vehicles to identify PM parts
In order to establish a better understanding of the use of PM components in modern automobiles, a team of engineers from Höganäs AB recently stripped back three new vehicles to their component parts. As well as discovering the exact content of PM in each vehicle, the team were able to identify numerous components that could easily be converted to PM.
