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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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The European Powder Metallurgy Association (EPMA) has launched its 2012 Powder Metallurgy (PM) Co...
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Organised by the Austrian Chemical Society, the 11th World Filtration Congress (WFC11) is a techn...
» Full storyThe American Gear Manufacturers Association’s “Powder Metallurgy Gearing Committee” meeting scheduled
The American Gear Manufacturers Association’s “Powder Metallurgy Gearing Committee&rd...
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Articles and Papers
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 gea...
» Full story2011 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 Pau...
» 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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An introduction to Powder Metallurgy
A selection of 2011 MPIF award winning
Powder Metallurgy components that clearly
demonstrate the diverse capabilities of
the process (Photo courtesy MPIF)
A free-to-access 14 page guide to Powder Metallurgy
This extensive introduction to the Powder Metallurgy (PM) process provides a detailed overview of this dynamic technology.
This free-to-access section, written by Dr David Whittaker, guides the reader through the steps required to produce a component via the Powder Metallurgy route.
Browse our "Introduction to Powder Metallurgy"
- The Powder Metallurgy process
- Why Powder Metallurgy?
- Markets for Powder Metallurgy components
- Economic considerations for PM structural parts
- High density, High performance PM structural parts
- Designing for Powder Metallurgy
- Materials
- Powder production technologies
- Mixing
- Forming
- Sintering
- Properties of PM materials
- PM standards
- Author and further reading
Additional Powder Metallurgy resources on this website:
- PREMIUM REPORTS: Download in-depth reports on PM markets and technology
- Browse PM industry news
- View PM articles
- Search for industry suppliers and part producers
- View international Powder Metallurgy award winning parts
- Register for our FREE weekly PM e-newsletter
