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• Registration opens for EPMA's Sinter & Press Seminar 2020 in Belgium

  December 11, 2019

  The European Powder Metallurgy Association (EPMA) has announced that registration is now open for its Press & Sinter Seminar 2020, which will take place at the Thon Hotel Brussels City Centre, Brussels»

• Stack Metallurgical Group invests in second HIP system from Quintus

  December 10, 2019

  Stack Metallurgical Group, Portland, Oregon, USA, has expanded its Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) capacity with the addition of a second press system from Quintus Technologies, Västerås, Sweden»

• Buehler offers rapid installation of metallography and hardness testing lab systems

  December 9, 2019

  Buehler - ITW Test & Measurement GmbH, Esslingen, Germany, a developer and manufacturer of complete system solutions for materialography and hardness testing, has reported that it is able to meet»

• Abtex Corporation acquired by The Malish Corporation

  December 6, 2019

  Abtex Corporation, Dresden, New York, USA, producer of customised, integrated machine and brush deburring solutions for the manufacturing industry, has been acquired by The Malish»

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Teardown showcases applications for PM in hybrid electric vehicle market

Following on from a teardown project in 2017, where a team of engineers at Höganäs AB stripped back three new vehicles to their component parts, the company recently repeated the exercise with a hybrid SUV from Chinese automaker BYD.

The four-wheel-drive BYD Tang is built for China’s domestic market, and provided the team at Höganäs with the opportunity to establish a better understanding of the use of Powder Metallurgy in hybrid vehicles, as well as highlighting potential future applications. Anders Flodin, Application Development Manager at Höganäs AB, reports on the project.

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JPMA Awards 2019: Showcasing innovations in PM for high volume applications

The winners of this year’s Japan Powder Metallurgy Association Awards highlighted the continual developments being made by Japan’s PM industry to further expand the use of PM technology.

The winners included innovations in component design and powder production, demonstrating the continued potential for new applications in the automotive sector, as well as other high-volume application areas.

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MPIF’s 2019 PM Design Excellence Award winning parts highlight wide variety of applications

The winners in the 2019 Powder Metallurgy Design Excellence Awards competition, sponsored by the Metal Powder Industries Federation, were announced during the POWDERMET2019 International Conference on Powder Metallurgy and Particulate Materials, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, June 23–26, 2019.

Here, we present the Conventional ‘press and sinter’ PM components that received either Grand Prizes or Awards of Distinction.

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