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• ALD’s Heat Treatment Services division to open heat treatment facility in China

  February 11, 2020

  Heat Treatment Services (HTS), a division of ALD Vacuum Technologies GmbH headquartered in Hanau, Germany, has announced that it will establish a new heat treatment services»

• Wall Colmonoy’s Modern Furnace Brazing School to take place in May and October

  February 11, 2020

  Wall Colmonoy Corporation, headquartered in Madison Heights, Michigan, USA, will once again hold its ‘Modern Furnace Brazing School’ course, which is split into two sessions, in May and October»

• Coronavirus leads to extended shutdowns at Chinese auto makers and parts suppliers

  February 11, 2020

  Several major automotive manufacturers and parts makers across China have suspended production due to the spread of coronavirus, among them Hyundai Motor, General Motors, Volkswagen»

• Swansea University opens £35 million materials and engineering research facility

  February 10, 2020

  Swansea University, Wales, UK, has opened the Institute for Innovative Materials, Processing and Numerical Technologies (IMPACT), a £35 million materials and engineering research facility»

• Still time to register for OZ-20 Symposium on Nanostructures

  February 9, 2020

  There is still time to register for OZ-20, the 11th German-International Symposium on Nanostructures, set to take place from March 1–3, 2020, in Olpe, Germany.»

• QuesTek co-founder Prof Greg Olson joins Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  February 7, 2020

  QuesTek Innovations LLC, a leading developer of metal alloys based in Evanston, Illinois, USA, has announced that Professor Greg Olson, the company’s co-founder, Chief Science Officer»

• Aperam and Tekna nominate Ellen Brooke as CEO of ImphyTek Powders

  February 6, 2020

  Following the formation ofof the new jointly established company, ImphyTek PowdersTM SAS in November 2019, Aperam S.A., Luxembourg, and Tekna, a subsidiary of Arendals Fossekompani ASA»

• PM China 2020 postponed due to coronavirus

  February 6, 2020

  The 13th International Exhibition for Powder Metallurgy, Cemented Carbides and Advanced Ceramics (PM China 2020), organised by Uniris Exhibition Shanghai Co., Ltd, has been postponed»

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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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