Powder Metallurgy Review, Autumn/Fall 2019, Vol. 8 No. 3
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In addition to 55-pages of news from the Powder Metallurgy industry, the 108-page Autumn/Fall 2019 issue of Powder Metallurgy Review magazine (Vol. 8 No. 3) includes the following articles and special features:
Fukuda Metal Foil and Powder Co., Ltd: Three hundred years of metal powder production in Japan
For over three hundred years, Fukuda Metal Foil and Powder Co., Ltd, has manufactured metal powders in Kyoto, Japan. As one of the oldest metal powder producers worldwide, the company has a rich history and continues to develop new materials and processes to meet present day challenges.
International PM consultant Dr Yoshinobu Takeda visited Fukuda and reports on the company’s past and present as an innovator in the global metal powder industry.
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Strategies and initiatives for cost-affordable PM Ti alloys: Compositions and manufacturing
In this article, Dr Leandro Bolzoni of the University of Waikato, New Zealand, presents an overview of the progress made towards more affordable processing of Ti-based materials via thermomechanical powder consolidation based on the cost-effective hydride-dehydride powder.
In particular, he presents examples of initiatives taken with respect to the investigation of the design of cost-effective (wrought-equivalent and non-standard) chemical compositions, such as low-cost Fe-bearing Ti alloys, and on the development and optimisation of Powder Metallurgy manufacturing processes, both individually and in combination.
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Nichols Portland: The world’s first manufacturer of gerotors continues to innovate
As the world’s first manufacturer of gerotors and gerotor pumps, Nichols Portland has more than 85 years of continuous experience in the manufacturing, design, application, testing and validation of these products. Although Nichols Portland is known globally for its fluid transfer technology, the company also supports industries with a range of PM components.
In this report, Randy Lessard, the company’s VP / General Manager, reviews the history of Nichols Portland and discusses its commitment to producing precision PM components.
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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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APMA 2019: India welcomes the fifth International Conference on Powder Metallurgy in Asia
In February 2019, the Powder Metallurgy Association of India (PMAI) hosted APMA 2019, the 5th International Conference on Powder Metallurgy in Asia, together with the 45th Annual Technical meeting of PMAI. Held in Pune, it was the first time the APMA conference had taken place in India.
Professor Ramamohan Tallapragada, PM Consultant, Mumbai, India, provides an overview of the event, highlighting a number of key presentations.
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