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Industry News
MPIF Digital Library contains thousands of PM manuscripts
December 12, 2018
The Metal Powder Industries Federation (MPIF) has announced the launch of the MPIF Digital Library, an online database reported to contain thousand...»
Aperam proposes acquisition of VDM Metals
December 3, 2018
Aperam S.A., Luxembourg, has proposed the acquisition of VDM Metals Holding GmbH, Werdohl, Germany. The company filed a form CO notification with t...»
Quintus HIP installed at US-based Lake City Heat Treating
December 3, 2018
A Hot Isostatic Press (HIP) produced by Quintus Technologies, Västerås, Sweden, is to be installed at heat treatment specialist Lake City Heat T...»
Volkswagen investing $50 billion in electrification plan
December 2, 2018
Volkswagen Group (VW), headquartered in Wolfsburg, Germany, has stated that it will invest almost €44 billion ($50 billion) on developing and mas...»
Porite Group: A PM company built on the success of self-lubricating bearings
Porite has a long history of innovation, supplying PM components to the automotive, power tool, consumer electronics and electrical appliance industries, among many others. Over the years the company has seen rapid expansion, not only in Japan, but at other key locations in Asia and the USA.
Miba Sinter Group: How a global PM producer is adapting to a changing automotive industry
Miba AG is one of Austria’s leading industrial and technology companies. Formed in Laakirchen, Upper Austria in 1927, the group develops and manufactures its products at twenty-two sites in eleven countries. Miba specialises in engine bearings, friction materials, sintered components and coatings, with its products found in passenger vehicles, trucks, construction machinery, trains, ships, aircraft and power plants.
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.
