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Sumitomo Electric launches new cutting tools featuring nano-polycrystalline diamond
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. has announced the launch of a new range of micromachining cutt...
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In 2011 the Chinese auto market grew to around 18m units, up from 13 million in 2009. It is predi...
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Titanium powders for mass production, general engineering applications
In the second of a series of exclusive reports for ipmd.net from the international conference on ...
» Full storyEqual Channel Angular Pressing - a cost-effective consolidation route for titanium alloy semi-products?
In the first of a series of exclusive reports for ipmd.net from the international conference on &...
» Full storyOxide dispersion strengthened (ODS) steels for nuclear applications
Those of us, who have been attending PM conferences for most of the past 30 years, might perhaps ...
» Full storyThe influence of nickel additions on powder metallurgy gear tooth root strength
Gear applications have emerged as an important target for the PM structural parts sector and seve...
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31st Jan, 2012 Titanium powders for mass production, general engineering applications
In the second of a series of exclusive reports for ipmd.net from the international conference on “Powder Processing, Consolidation and Metallurgy of Titanium”, held in Brisbane, Australia on 5-7 December, 2011, Dr David Whittaker reviews a ... Click for more...
25th Jan, 2012 Equal Channel Angular Pressing - a cost-effective consolidation route for titanium alloy semi-products?
In the first of a series of exclusive reports for ipmd.net from the international conference on “Powder Processing, Consolidation and Metallurgy of Titanium”, held in Brisbane, Australia on 5-7 December, 2011, Dr David Whittaker reviews the... Click for more...
18th Jan, 2012 2011 Hagen Symposium: An overview of Powder Metallurgy sintering furnaces
The technology of sintering in protective gas atmospheres was the subject of a review by Prof Paul Beiss, RWTH Aachen, Germany, at the Hagen Symposium, November 24-25 2011. Dr Georg Schlieper reports on the review, the last in our series from the 2011 ... Click for more...
10th Jan, 2012 2011 Hagen Symposium: Understanding the benefits of thermoanalysis for PM alloy development and the investigation of sintering processes
Sintering ferrous powder metal compacts is a complex process. Stages include wax burn-off, degassing and deoxidation reactions as well as the formation of sinter necks and shrinkage. Dr. Christian Gierl of the Technical University Vienna, Austri... Click for more...
4th Jan, 2012 2011 Hagen Symposium: A review of Spark Plasma Sintering
In his presentation at the Hagen Symposium 2011, which took place in Hagen, Germany, from November 24-25, Prof. Bernd Kieback, Director of Fraunhofer IFAM, Branch Lab Dresden, and the Institute for Materials Science at the Technical University of Dresd... Click for more...
20th Dec, 2011 2011 Hagen Symposium: The Powder Metallurgy of Refractory Metals
Dr Gerhard Gille, who was honoured with the Skaupy Prize at the Hagen Symposium 2011, gave a lecture on the Powder Metallurgy of refractory metals and its key role for the manufacture of hardmetals, cermets and electronic components. Dr Georg Schlieper... Click for more...
14th Dec, 2011 2011 Hagen Symposium: Celebrating the 30th anniversary of Germany's leading PM event
The Hagen Symposium is the most important meeting for many German-speaking powder metallurgists. Located at the Eastern outskirts of the Ruhr Region in Germany, the city of Hagen once again welcomed delegates to the symposium which took place from Nove... Click for more...
7th Dec, 2011 Advancing Powder Metallurgy gears with new test rig
The Höganäs Power of Powder® (PoP) Centre has played a major tole in the development of PM gears. With the investment in a new FZG test rig, Höganäs intends to better map the performance of PM gears to advance powder-based transmission solutions e... Click for more...
30th Nov, 2011 The influence of nickel additions on powder metallurgy gear tooth root strength
Gear applications have emerged as an important target for the PM structural parts sector and several of the leading PM groups have developed new processing methods, such as overall or selective densification of sintered preforms, in order to attack thi... Click for more...
23rd Nov, 2011 Oxide dispersion strengthened (ODS) steels for nuclear applications
Those of us, who have been attending PM conferences for most of the past 30 years, might perhaps be forgiven for considering oxide dispersion strengthened (ODS) steels to be perpetual “tomorrow’s materials”. However, there are ... Click for more...
16th Nov, 2011 Cost-effective binder phase materials for diamond tools for dry cutting applications
In the production of diamond impregnated tools for dry cutting, the metallic powders used in the binder can be more expensive than the diamond itself and hence powder selection becomes a critical issue in determining cost. Dr David Whittaker rep... Click for more...
8th Nov, 2011 Examination of fracture and deformation mechanisms in WC/Co hardmetals
The development and validation of a powerful technique for direct in-situ observation of fracture and deformation in WC/Co hardmetals was described in a paper from M Gee, K P Mingard, B Roebuck, J W Nunn and H Jones (National Physical Laboratory, UK)&n... Click for more...
2nd Nov, 2011 Prediction of the Fatigue Limit of PM Steel Parts by the Application of a Neural Network
In order to have the means of providing end-users with useful guidance on the fatigue performance of its products, it has long been the aim of the PM structural parts sector to be able to predict fatigue endurance limits of its most commonly used mater... Click for more...
2nd Nov, 2011 Conference report: The 6th International Powder Metallurgy Conference & Exhibition in Turkey
The 6th International Powder Metallurgy Conference & Exhibition, organised by the Turkish Powder Metallurgy Association, Gazi University and the Middle East Technical University, took place in Ankara, at the Middle East Technical University on 5 to... Click for more...
26th Oct, 2011 Leaner Powder Metallurgy alloy steel powders offer lower cost options
Escalating metal prices, plus environmental constraints on PM part producers are driving the need to limit the currently high amounts of Ni and Cu as alloying elements in PM steels. Bernard Williams reports exclusively for ipmd.net on three presentatio... Click for more...
19th Oct, 2011 Euro PM2011 - Barcelona attracts the largest Powder Metallurgy audience of the year
This is the first of a series of exclusive reports to be published on ipmd.net on the Euro PM2011 Conference and Exhibition. The event, organised by the European Powder Metallurgy Association (EPMA), was held in Barcelona, Spain, earlier this month. ... Click for more...
