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Formnext + PM South China announces support from German manufacturing groups
April 3, 2020
Formnext + PM South China, scheduled to take place September 9-11, 2020, in Shenzhen, China, has announced official partnerships with the Aachen Center for Additive Manufacturing (ACAM)»
Metal Technology Co to acquire Sandvik Powder Solutions AB
April 3, 2020
Metal Technology Co. Ltd., a leading metal processing company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, has announced a share transfer agreement to acquire all the shares of Sandvik Powder Solutions AB»
VW reports China sales recovering following coronavirus
April 1, 2020
Following the coronavirus pandemic, Volkswagen AG expects the Chinese car market to return to last year's level by early summer, with the country's vehicle sales showing signs of fast recovery»
Kennametal named a gold winner in 2020 Edison Awards
April 1, 2020
Kennametal Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, has received a gold Edison Award in the Metal Production subcategory of the award's Applied Technology category, for its HARVI™ I TE metal»
Hannover Messe 2020 cancelled due to coronavirus
March 31, 2020
Hannover Messe 2020, one of Europe’s leading trade fairs for industrial technology which was originally scheduled to run from April 20–24, but was postponed to July 13–17 due to coronavirus (COVID-19)...»
Freeman Technology offers online resources on powder flow and behaviour
March 31, 2020
Freeman Technology, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, UK, has published a summary of the current online resources for powder flow and powder behaviour that are available to access via its website. »
Umicore reports growth in 2019
March 31, 2020
Global materials technology and recycling group Umicore, headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, has published its 2019 Integrated Annual Report which reporting that the group's revenues for the full»
ASTM International cancels meetings scheduled for April and May
March 28, 2020
ASTM International reports that it has cancelled all of its scheduled April and May in-person committee meetings due to ongoing safety concerns for its members and staff caused by the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19)»
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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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