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• Kennametal launches Stellite powder for Additive Manufacturing

  April 7, 2021

  Kennametal Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, has launched Stellite 21 AM™ powder, reportedly the first Stellite™ powder qualified for Laser Beam Powder Bed Fusion (PBF-LB) Additive Manufacturing»

• Online Q&A directory launched for vacuum furnace end-users

  April 7, 2021

  VacuumFurnaces.com, a mobile and online Question-and-Answer directory, has been launched for vacuum furnace equipment end-users; commercial and in-house vacuum heat treaters; and equipment, product»

• Researchers could finely tune high-temperature superalloys for specific properties

  April 7, 2021

  Superalloys that withstand extremely high temperatures could soon be tuned even more finely for specific properties, such as mechanical strength, as a result of work undertaken at KTH Royal Institute of Technology»

• Höganäs joins DESULF project to reuse zinc-rich dust from its melting furnaces

  April 6, 2021

  Zinc-rich dust is a significant by-product of Höganäs’ melting furnace in Sweden, with limited potential for reuse. However, the metal powder producer states that this could now change, following its collaboration»

• 20^th Plansee Seminar dates announced

  April 6, 2021

  The Plansee Group, headquartered in Reutte, Austria, has announced that its rescheduled 20th Plansee Seminar will take place at the group's headquarters from May 30–June 3, 2022, with coronavirus»

• Ultra Fine Specialty Products earns AS9100 certification for gas atomised powders

  April 6, 2021

  Ultra Fine Specialty Products, LLC, an affiliate of Novamet Specialty Products Corporation, has announced that its manufacturing site in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA, has received AS9100 certification»

• Allied Sintering highlights PM actuators and motion control components in electric vehicles

  April 6, 2021

  In a recent blog post, Allied Sinterings, Inc., Danbury, Connecticut, USA, reports on the benefits of using Powder Metallurgy for the production of a number of components in electric vehicles, highlighting the increase»

• Rusal America to locate aluminium powder business at Neighborhood 91

  April 1, 2021

  Neighborhood 91, the Additive Manufacturing production campus at Pittsburgh’s International Airport Innovation Campus, USA, is reported to be the home for Rusal America's new aluminium AM powders business»

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Technical trends in metal-cutting tools: An overview of ongoing innovation in one of PM’s key markets

Cutting tools for applications in metal processing represent one of the primary markets for the Powder Metallurgy industry. Here, PM technology makes it possible to produce cutting tools with complex geometries to near-net shape, a feat not possible using conventional manufacturing methods.

Despite the basic technologies of metal-cutting tools having existed for several decades, tool manufacturers continue to introduce new products which can provide substantial benefits. In this article, Bernard North, North Technical Management, LLC, overviews developments in materials, design and software that are driving innovation in this important sector of PM.

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Fatigue data for PM steels: How the world’s largest PM part producer is facing the challenges of data generation and organisation

Data on the material properties of Powder Metallurgy steels, in particular static and cyclic strength data, is crucial for end-users to have confidence in the production of highly loaded applications. Access to such data also enables the effective use of commercial fatigue simulation software. GKN Sinter Metals, the world’s largest producer of structural PM components, has grappled with the multiple challenges associated with generating, storing and retrieving such data.

Markus Schneider, Robert Maassen, Dennis Wawoczny and Christos Radis, GKN Sinter Metals Engineering GmbH, Radevormwald, Germany, share their insight into this ongoing challenge.

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Reducing CO₂ emissions in the PM industry: A lifecycle analysis of servo-electric versus hydraulic powder presses

There is a global need for action to minimise greenhouse gas emissions and, thus, limit further global warming. Despite its reputation as a technology which is already greener than most, this also holds true in the Powder Metallurgy industry. In recent years, PM companies have found themselves under increasing pressure to improve process sustainability, from their customers as well as regulators.

This pressure is only likely to increase in the near future. Michael Looser and Michael Sollberger, of Switzerland’s Osterwalder AG, explain how the company’s servo-electric powder presses help make PM even more efficient

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