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Plansee Group becomes majority shareholder in Ceratizit Group
March 3, 2021
Austria's Plansee Group has reported that as of March 1, 2021, it holds the majority interest in the carbide tool production company Ceratizit SA, headquartered in Mamer, Luxembourg. Formed in 2002»
Volvo to be fully electric by 2030 and carbon neutral by 2040
March 2, 2021
The Volvo Group, headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden, reports that it is accelerating its electrification movement and plans to be fully electric by 2030. The car manufacturer reports that it was the first »
Gasbarre appoints Mark Saline president of Sinterite & CI Hayes
March 2, 2021
Gasbarre, based in DuBois, Pennsylvania, USA, has announced the appointment of Mark Saline as president of Sinterite & CI Hayes furnace lines, a promotion from his original position with the company»
Ametek SMP to showcase new high-purity PM nickel strip at International Battery Seminar
March 2, 2021
Ametek Specialty Metal Products (SMP) will feature alongside over 800 global battery technologists at the 2021 International Battery Seminar, now in its 38th year, as it showcases its range of high-purity nickel strip products»
Fraunhofer IFAM to explore future of pressurised heat treatment with Quintus' HIP QIH 15L system
March 2, 2021
The Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials (IFAM), Dresden, Germany, has added to its pressure-supported heat treatment options with the acquisition of a Quintus»
Element Six to develop PCBN tools for EU friction stir welding research programme
March 2, 2021
Element Six, headquartered in Didcot, Oxfordshire, UK, part of the De Beers Group, reports that it is participating as a tooling solutions provider in a European Union (EU) research initiative to scale friction stir welding»
ICD Group expands into Additive Manufacturing sector with ICD Applied Technologies
March 1, 2021
The ICD Group, an international conglomerate dealing in manufacturing, trading, and distribution of specialised commodity products, headquartered in New York City, USA, has entered into the Additive Manufacturing»
Rusal America partners with Mexican manufacturer Almexa for low-carbon aluminium
February 26, 2021
Rusal America Corporation (RAC), Rye Brook, New York, has announced its entrance into a five-year partnership with Almexa, a Mexican manufacturer of aluminium products, for a 100,000 ton low-carbon»
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Arcast: A decade of innovation and a bright future for metal powder atomisation
Arcast Inc. celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2020. From its base in Oxford, Maine, USA, the company designs and supplies a range of atomising systems to a diverse customer base across the globe. Soon becoming a leader in compact, laboratory-sized systems, the company today has expanded to offer large scale, custom-built atomisers.
In this article, we look at how the company has advanced over the last ten years, the key technology it has developed and what the future holds for this growing company as it continues to offer metal powder atomisation solutions to a wider market place.
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Particle characterisation of metal powders with dynamic image analysis and laser diffraction
The size and shape of metal powders and metal alloys can be characterised by a number of different methods. The control of particle size and distribution is considered an important step in ensuring a metal powder meets the required quality levels.
In this article, Kai Dueffels and Robert Waggeling of Microtrac MRB, Germany, discuss the particle characterisation methods of dynamic image analysis and laser diffraction, using the company’s Camsizer X2 and Sync analysers.
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MPIF Powder Metallurgy Design Excellence Awards showcase range of demanding applications
The winners of this year’s Powder Metallurgy Design Excellence Awards competition, sponsored by the Metal Powder Industries Federation (MPIF), were announced through a series of press releases due to the cancellation of the World PM2020 Congress.
The awards included components made by conventional press & sinter Powder Metallurgy, Metal Injection Moulding and metal Additive Manufacturing. Here, we present the conventional ‘press and sinter’ PM components that received either Grand Prizes or Awards of Distinction.
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