The global awareness of the risks associated with exposure to fine metallic particles, nickel powders in particular, has increased the need to avoid the use of unbonded additives such as carbonyl nickel powder. Michael L Marucci, Director Research & Devel
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Since 2006, the European Regulations for Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) has been the reason for serious concerns and tedious discussions regarding the consequences for the PM
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The powder metallurgy (PM) industry is continuously striving to increase the final densities of its ferrous products in order to improve mechanical and dynamic properties, or in the case of
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The Hagen Symposium, organised by the Fachverband Pulvermetallurgie, is the annual meeting for many German-speaking powder metallurgists. Once again the symposium took place in Hagen’s Civic Hall from November 29-30
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JFE Steel (formerly Kawasaki Steel Ltd) started the production of iron powders at its East Japan Works in Chiba in 1966 and is today one of Japan’s leading producers of
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Two papers presented by Kobe Steel at the PM2012 Powder Metallurgy World Congress at Yokohama, Japan, October 14-18, 2012, addressed process developments aimed at enhancing two separate aspects of the
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The Powder Metallurgy industry has been striving for over 20 years to achieve greater penetration of the market for gears used in automotive transmissions, but with limited success to date.
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Past efforts to introduce Powder Metallurgy gears into automotive transmissions have often been based on a like-for-like substitution for machined steel gear forms. Two papers presented by Höganäs AB at
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Many of the standard ferrous PM materials have been relatively high in alloy content and were developed at a time when alloying elements such a nickel, copper and molybdenum were
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A novel approach to high performance ferrous PM material development was discussed in a group of three papers, presented by Rio Tinto Metal Powders at the PM2012 Powder Metallurgy World
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