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ZF completes acquisition of WABCO
May 29, 2020
ZF Friedrichshafen AG, headquartered in Friedrichshafen, Germany, has completed its acquisition of commercial vehicle technology supplier WABCO, having gained approval from all required regulatory»
Rosswag qualifies Ni-base superalloy Waspaloy for Additive Manufacturing
May 29, 2020
Rosswag GmbH, Pfinztal, Germany, has qualified the nickel-base superalloy Waspaloy for Laser Powder Bed Fusion (L-PBF) Additive Manufacturing. Waspaloy is a registered trademark»
Euro PM postponed until 2021 due to coronavirus
May 28, 2020
The European Powder Metallurgy Association (EPMA) has announced that the next edition of its Euro PM Congress & Exhibition, previously scheduled to take place in Lisbon, Portugal, in October 2020»
GM, Ford and FCA reopen assembly lines in USA
May 20, 2020
Detroit’s General Motors, Ford Motor Company and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles US (FCA) have restarted their assembly lines after a shut down of two months due to coronavirus (COVID-19)»
20th Plansee Seminar postponed until 2022
May 19, 2020
Plansee Group, headquartered in Reutte, Austria, has postponed its 20th Plansee Seminar, the International Conference on Refractory Metals and Hard Materials, until 2022 due to the disruption»
Abbott Furnace Company receives order for steam treat furnace
May 19, 2020
Abbott Furnace Company, an industrial furnace manufacturer located in St. Mary’s, Pennsylvania, USA, has received an order for a steam treat furnace from a leading metal powder company, to be installed in Mexico»
Plansee returns to work at Chinese plant following shutdown
May 19, 2020
Plansee Group, headquartered in Reutte, Austria, reports its Plansee Shanghai facility has restarted and maintained production during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic»
JPMA reports drop in PM production in Japan in 2019
May 19, 2020
The Japan Powder Metallurgy Association (JPMA) has reported a drop in Powder Metallurgy production in Japan for 2019. The JMPA states that total PM production in Japan reached 93,930 tonnes in 2019»
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The potential for Industry 4.0 and IoT to monitor and improve powder compaction
The influence of Industry 4.0 can be found in many facets of industrial production and there are very few areas which do not benefit from the application of the Internet of Things, be that in research and development, manufacturing, aftersales or service.
As a result, press manufacturer DORST Technologies recently started to implement IoT practice within its own operations, while in parallel developing smart software for use in its products. Here, Lutz Lackner discusses the implementation of Industry 4.0 and the Internet of Things in powder compaction technology.
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Understanding the differences in particle size distribution methods for fine metal powders
In any PM process, the size and shape of the metal powder particles used will have an influence on the properties of the part. However, not all particles are the same size in a given sample of metal powder.
The variation in this range of powder sizes is reported as particle size distribution, and among the methods used to measure this, it is often the case that different systems give different results.
Here, Tom Williamson and John Dunkley of Atomising Systems Ltd, highlight the differences in results from the main methods used to measure narrow-cut, fine metal powders.
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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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