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Resource efficiency to take centre stage at the ceramitec 2024 conference
March 15, 2024
The ‘ceramitec talks’ conference programme at this year’s ceramitec 2024, scheduled to take place at the Munich Exhibition Center in Germany from April 9-12, will feature some thirty sessions across the four day event»
qualloy launches online metal powder marketplace for Additive Manufacturing
March 14, 2024
A new online metal powder marketplace has been established by qualloy, a Düsseldorf, Germany-based intermediary for buyers and sellers in the metal powder market. The platform is designed to transform the »
Continuum’s sustainable metal powder certified for Velo3D Additive Manufacturing machines
March 13, 2024
Continuum Powders, based in Los Gatos, California, USA, has announced that the company is the first 100% recycled metal powder provider to have an alloy qualified for use in Velo3D’s Sapphire family »
GKN Powder Metallurgy names Jean-Marc Durbuis as new Chief Executive Officer
March 13, 2024
Dowlais Group plc has announced Jean-Marc Durbuis as the new Chief Executive Officer of GKN Powder Metallurgy. Durbuis joined the company on March 12, following the departure of Diego Laurent who served GKN»
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From powder modification to rejuvenation: Fluidised Bed Reactors in metal powder production and Additive Manufacturing
Fluidised Bed Reactors (FDRs) will be new to many in the Powder Metallurgy and Additive Manufacturing industries. The technology offers a host of operational features that are useful in both metal powder production and in instances where batches of powder may need to be ‘rejuvenated’, or brought back into specification.
In this article, Bill Hopkins, Managing Director, Phoenix Scientific Industries (PSI) Limited, introduces the concept of FBRs and considers current and future applications for metal powder producers and users.
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Retech: Enabling the atomisation of reactive and refractory alloys at substantially higher levels of productivity and lower cost
Retech, a division of SECO/WARWICK Group, has developed a method for the gas atomisation of a wide variety of reactive and refractory alloys, amorphous metals, and superalloys. Called Plasma Gas Atomising (PGA), this technology, states the company, promises a significant increase in production rates.
In this article, Retech’s Dr Aamir Abid explores the technology and its advantages for metal powder producers and considers its potential to substantially reduce the cost of metal powders for Powder Metallurgy and Additive Manufacturing applications.
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Innovations from Japan’s Powder Metallurgy industry: award winners highlight novel automotive and healthcare applications
In 2023, the Japan Powder Metallurgy Association (JPMA) celebrated forty-five years of its PM component awards competition. This year’s competition recognises achievements within the Powder Metallurgy industry across three categories: New Products (New Design/Materials/Process Development), New Powders and Equipment Development. The organisers also recognised products not covered by the categories with the awarding of the Effort Prize. This year’s innovations ranged from reactor cores for electric vehicles to aluminium bronze powder.
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