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Industry News
GEA launches its R55 industrial rotary press for powder compaction
April 17, 2019
GEA Group AG, Düsseldorf, Germany, debuted its new R55 industrial rotary press during Powtech 2019 in Nuremberg, Germany, April 9–11, 2019. The ...»
Höganäs in teardown of plug-in hybrid to establish opportunities for Powder Metallurgy
April 17, 2019
In order to establish a better understanding of the use of Powder Metallurgy components in a modern plug-in hybrid vehicle, a team of engineers fro...»
Reading Alloys' Muktesh Paliwal gives talk on titanium powders for medical applications
April 17, 2019
Muktesh Paliwal, a Senior R&D Metallurgist at Reading Alloys, a division of Ametek Specialty Metal Products, Pennsylvania, USA, gave a keynote pres...»
Ricardo partners with Geely to develop advanced hybrid transmission
April 17, 2019
Global strategic engineering and environmental consultancy Ricardo plc, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, UK, has partnered with Geely Auto Group, a l...»
Rio Tinto Metal Powders: Celebrating fifty years of metal powder production
This year, Rio Tinto Metal Powders celebrated the 50th anniversary of the opening of its metal powder manufacturing facility in Sorel-Tracy, Quebec, Canada. Today, the company offers a full range of ferrous powder grades for almost all Powder Metallurgy applications, and is strongly committed to a programme of research and development. This article provides a brief history of the company, as well as highlighting the importance of working with PM part makers as it looks to the future.
Catalus Corporation enters a new era of Powder Metallurgy manufacturing
Catalus Corporation is an international supplier of custom Powder Metallurgy parts to a diverse range of markets and applications. Headquartered in St. Marys, Pennsylvania, USA, the family-owned business was, until recently, known as SMC Powder Metallurgy. With almost 70 years in the PM industry, Catalus has recently opened a new state of the art production facility, as well as establishing dedicated R&D operations.
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.
