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• JEOL’s new electron microscope offers built in automation and live elemental and 3D analysis

  January 19, 2022

  JEOL USA Inc, headquartered in Peabody, Massachusetts, USA, a wholly-owned subsidiary of JEOL Ltd. Japan, has introduced its JSM-IT510, a new scanning electron microscope (SEM) featuring automated»

• Record EV sales help boost China's auto market

  January 19, 2022

  Auto sales in China last year grew for the first time since 2017, according to industry data published by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM). The increase has been boosted»

• VDM Metals adds new Powder 59 material for demanding applications

  January 19, 2022

  VDM Metals GmbH, Werdohl, Germany, has announced VDM® Powder 59 as the latest addition to the Alloy 59 product line. Alloy 59 is one of the most frequently used nickel alloys for demanding»

• JSPMIC2022 to take place in November, issues call for papers

  January 18, 2022

  The Japan Society of Powder and Powder Metallurgy (JSPM) has announced the International Conference on Powder and Powder Metallurgy, 2022, Kyoto (JSPMIC2022), is scheduled to take place at the Doshisha»

• GKN Powder Metallurgy announces Diego Laurent as new CEO

  January 18, 2022

  GKN Powder Metallurgy has appointed Diego Laurent as its new Chief Executive Officer, with immediate effect. Peter Oberparleiter, who has been leading the company as CEO since 2012, is stepping down from»

• Infinite Flex releases pure copper powder for laser-based Additive Manufacturing

  January 17, 2022

  Smart materials company Infinite Flex, with operations in Neu-Isenburg, Germany, and Taicang, China, has introduced its new Infinite Powder Cu 01, a pure copper powder suitable»

• PMTi2022 Call for Presentations

  January 17, 2022

  The Metal Powder Industries Federation (MPIF) has announced a Call for Presentations for PMTi2022: Powder Metallurgy and Additive Manufacturing of Titanium. The event is scheduled»

• AlphaSTAR awarded Phase II DoD programme for design of new alloys for AM

  January 14, 2022

  AlphaSTAR Corporation, Irvine, California, USA, has received the Department of Defense (DoD) Phase II programme award by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) for the design of new alloys»

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Tesla teardown: Identifying potential uses for PM in electric vehicle transmissions

Whilst the future looks electric, with ever more electrically-powered vehicles entering the market, there are still lucrative opportunities for the Powder Metallurgy industry.

Höganäs AB’s Dr Anders Flodin, a long-time advocate of PM transmission gears for conventionally powered cars, and Babak Kianian, PhD candidate at Lund University, believe that one such opportunity is for PM gears in EV transmissions. To understand more, a Tesla Model S was the subject of a teardown and its transmission components analysed to understand if PM alternatives are suitable for such an application, and what advantages they might bring.

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Can European research still claim to be ‘world class’? Prof José M Torralba on the changed PM research base

In the history of the Powder Metallurgy industry, Europe has been a research leader, with major European universities and research institutes paving the way to the identification of new materials, processing techniques, and applications for the technology. But is that still the case in 2021?

In this article, Dr David Whittaker speaks to Prof José M Torralba, a leading expert in the European PM research landscape, and hears his views on the current state of global PM research, the factors limiting development in the European PM industry, and directions for future research and development.

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How to make metal powders. Part 1: An introduction to atomisation, process fundamentals and powder characteristics

The rise of metal Additive Manufacturing has resulted in renewed interest in metal powder production. A market once dominated by a small number of specialist powder producers has now seen the arrival of a diverse range of competitors, all hoping to capitalise on the promised opportunities of metal powder-based part production. As many are discovering, however, making powders with the required characteristics, to the necessary standards, and profitably, is far from easy.

Here, in the first instalment of a four-part series, two masters of metal powder atomisation, Joe Strauss and John Dunkley, introduce the process.

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