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• ZF's new sintered metal brake pads offer increased durability and high sensitivity

  February 26, 2020

  Germany's ZF Friedrichshafen AG has introduced its latest premium sintered metal motorcycle brake pads through its subsidiary TRW. The new TRW Sinter Road & Track (SRT) brake pads»

• Horizon Technology appoints Kalen Fitch its new Director of Operations

  February 25, 2020

  Horizon Technology, St. Mary’s, Pennsylvania, USA, has appointed Kalen Fitch as its new Director of Operations. In his new role, Fitch will be responsible for the production supply chain»

• Short course on Atomisation for Metal Powders to take place in March

  February 25, 2020

  Atomising Systems Ltd, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK, and Personal Development Advanced Courses (PERDAC), a division of CPFResearch Ltd, will hold their popular short course on Atomisation»

• Dates announced for 20^th Plansee Seminar on Refractory Metals and Hard Materials

  February 24, 2020

  Plansee Group, headquartered in Reutte, Austria, has announced the dates for its 20th Plansee Seminar, the International Conference on Refractory Metals and Hard Materials, which will take place»

• MPIF announces Edwin Pope as keynote speaker for WORLDPM2020

  February 22, 2020

  The Metal Powder Industries Federation (MPIF) has announced that Edwin Pope, Principal Analyst at IHS Markit, has been selected as keynote speaker for the co-located conferences, WorldPM2020, AMPM2020»

• Retech Systems finalises headquarters relocation

  February 21, 2020

  Retech Systems LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Seco/Warwick, Swiebodzin, Poland, has finalised plans to relocate its headquarters from Ukiah, California, to Buffalo, New York, USA»

• Yamaha Motor begins accepting orders for high-performance electric vehicle motor

  February 18, 2020

  Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd., Iwata, Japan, has begun accepting orders for a high-performance electric motor prototype that it states is capable of producing industry-leading high power density»

• Carpenter Technology reports 12^th consecutive quarter of year-over-year sales growth

  February 18, 2020

  Carpenter Technology Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, has reported its financial results for the fiscal second quarter ended December 31, 2019. For the quarter, the company reported»

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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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