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• William Rowland atomises first 100% revert blend of metal powder for Additive Manufacturing

  July 8, 2020

  William Rowland, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK, reports the successful atomisation of its first batch of metal powder from a specially selected 100% revert blend, for use in both laser and electron»

• Sino-Euro receives CFDA-III clearance for SS-PREP^® SMT-Co25Cr5W5Mo powder

  July 2, 2020

  Sino-Euro Materials Technologies of Xi’an Co., Ltd., Xi’an, China, a subsidiary company of the NIN Group, reports that its SS-PREP® SMT-Co25Cr5W5Mo spherical powder has been granted clearance»

• H.C. Starck Tantalum & Niobium changes name to Taniobis

  July 1, 2020

  As of July 1, 2020, H.C. Starck Tantalum & Niobium has announced that it is operating under the Taniobis brand name. Taniobis will continue to offer a wide range of materials, powders, and alloys based »

• Osterwalder launches Smart Press Cell production platform

  July 1, 2020

  Osterwalder AG, Lyss, Switzerland, has announced the development of fully integrated production cells, expected to offer improved productivity for Powder Metallurgy parts makers. Bringing together»

• CNPC introduces new aluminium alloy powder for Additive Manufacturing

  July 1, 2020

  CNPC Powder, headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, and having production facilities in China, reports that its recently established Automated Metal Production (AMP) line is producing »

• Gasbarre to host webinar on multi-layer & multi-material compaction in July

  June 30, 2020

  Gasbarre Powder Compaction Solutions, part of Gasbarre Products Inc, Dubois, Pennsylvania, USA, will host a webinar on multi-layer and multi-material compaction on July 7, 2020, at 12:00 PM EST»

• Höganäs appoints Per-Olof Larsson as new Product Manager of Iron and Special powders

  June 29, 2020

  Sweden’s Höganäs AB has appointed Per-Olof Larsson as its new Product Manager of Iron and Special powders in the group’s product area Electro-Magnetic Technologies»

• Höganäs restructures senior management of its automotive segment

  June 29, 2020

  Sweden’s Höganäs AB has made changes to the senior management of its automotive segment to accelerate growth. The restructuring effort sees Shashi Shekhar Shukla, former president of the Electro»

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Are you safe or lucky? A look at Environment, Health and Safety in the PM industry

When the correct procedures are followed, a Powder Metallurgy facility can be a safe environment. Thankfully, many regulations are in place to avoid dangers to operatives, as well as the environmental impact of the production process. However, as with many manufacturing industries, there can be circumstances where hazardous situations arise and accidents happen.

In this article, Paul Hoffmann explains some of the unique risks associated with operating a PM facility. With extensive experience in Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS), built from forty years in manufacturing, and over twenty of those directly in the PM industry, he highlights the dangers and introduces some of the procedures that can be implemented to help avoid them.

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The hybridisation of pick-up trucks and the impact on the content of PM parts

Höganäs AB has over the last few years conducted teardowns on a number of vehicles to help understand the potential for Powder Metallurgy components in the automotive sector.

These have ranged from a compact class Toyota Yaris, to a large Ford F150 pick-up truck, and included both ICE power and hybrid models. Of particular interest to the US market is the truck class which, along with SUV models, accounts for around two-thirds of the US market.

To address the hybridisation potential for this size vehicle, Höganäs, Alvier Mechatronics and Dontyne Gears have developed a hybrid drive system concept utilising a number of PM components. Höganäs’s Dr Anders Flodin reports on their joint efforts and demonstrates a new mixed drive solution.

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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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