Join us for an enlightening general session, where industry experts will discuss the latest trends, challenges, and opportunities in our field. This session is a must-attend for anyone looking to stay informed and engaged with the current landscape.
Permanent Magnets
Fabrice Bernier
Research Officer
National Research Council of Canada
Permanent magnets are essential materials driving innovation in electrification, clean energy technologies, and advanced applications requiring high performance and efficiency. This session will provide a broad overview of the current landscape and emerging opportunities for the powder metallurgy (PM) industry in this dynamic field. Topics will cover market trends, material development, processing challenges, and sustainability aspects. The session will showcase how PM technologies can contribute to producing high-quality magnetic materials and support the growing demand across automotive, energy, and defense sectors. Designed to connect academic insights with industrial perspectives, this session will set the stage for deeper discussions within the conference’s Special Interest Program on Permanent Magnets.
Additive Manufacturing Metal Powder Aging: Myth or Reality
Mathieu Brochu
Associate Professor
McGill University
Maintaining utmost quality of the metal powders used during additive manufacturing, primarily for powder bed fusion process, is of critical importance as several studies documented the link between metal powder quality and defect population in a fabricated part. Powder aging can be manifested by change in physical and/or chemical properties. This presentation will picture the relationships between different powder aging causes, and their respective contributions to the change of physical and/or chemical powder properties for various alloy systems. Suggestions to reduce/control metal powder aging will be presented.