April Speaker Roland Warzel, North American Höganäs Co., flanked by West Penn Officers, from left to right: Sean Rupprecht, Treasurer; Brent Matheson, Vice Chairman; Steve Reed, Chairman; and Seth Weible, Secretary.

Ninety-five industry professionals attended the West Penn Chapter April meeting that was sponsored by North American Höganäs Co. Roland Warzel, provided a presentation on “Machining Responses of PM Stainless Steel Components Manufactured Under Different Sintering Conditions”.

Headlines:

Mannesmann to Build Powder and Parts Plants in Soviet Union
Brownsville Bearing Expands and Changes Name
Pyron Recovering from Bad Year
Metallurgical Industries Earnings Decline
New Powder Plant
BTU Engineering Offers High Temperature Sintering Furnace
Feeding System for Compacting Presses
National P/M Conference 
Bill Bradley to Address National P/M Conference
MPIF Short Course 
MPIF Booth at Design Engineering Show
Powder & Bulk Solids Meeting
Metal Matrix Composites Conference 
Soviet P/M Exhibition
People in the News
Dates to Remember
Mannesmann to Build Powder and Parts Plants in Soviet Union
Brownsville Bearing Expands and Changes Name
Pyron Recovering from Bad Year
Metallurgical Industries Earnings Decline
New Powder Plant
BTU Engineering Offers High Temperature Sintering Furnace
Feeding System for Compacting Presses
National P/M Conference 
Bill Bradley to Address National P/M Conference
MPIF Short Course 
MPIF Booth at Design Engineering Show
Powder & Bulk Solids Meeting
Metal Matrix Composites Conference 
Soviet P/M Exhibition
People in the News
Dates to Remember
 

The National Science Foundation (NSF) and Center for Powder Metallurgy Technology (CPMT) / Axel Madsen Conference Grants provide students with the opportunity to participate and exchange ideas with leading researchers and engineers from worldwide industry and governmental facilities, as well as the students and faculty from both domestic and international universities. The 45 recipients attend the full conference, giving them the chance to learn the latest research areas and results in powder metallurgy fields of interest. These opportunities will not only improve the students’ knowledge in the field, but also develop scientists and engineers who are ideally suited to create the next generation of designs in powder metallurgy and metal additive manufacturing that will push materials and manufacturing capabilities. We estimate that over one-third of the past recipients, those that are not still students, are working in fields connected to PM.

Be sure to join us as we kick off the conference at the Opening General Session at PowderMet and AMPM. Regardless of your registration type, all attendees are invited to attend the Opening General Session. 

Date:      Thursday, June 13th, 2024
Time:      Registration: 8:00–8:45 AM • Shotgun Start: 9:00 AM
                  Dinner Reception at Treasure Lake Lodge: ~3:00 PM
Place:     Dubois Country Club & Treasure Lake
                  DuBois, PA 15801

The registration form will be sent at a later date.

Talk 'N Technology presentations are provided by student grant recipients at the annual PowderMet and AMPM conferences. To further advance the excellent research & development by the grant recipients and their universities, APMI will provide the students’ presentations and posters to its members as a benefit. 

This APMI “Members Only” benefit is located on the APMI site and is open only to APMI members. Login at www.apmiinternational.org and then enter the APMI Member Portal.

April 2024 Presentations and Posters:

Process/Structure/Properties Relations in LPBF Stainless Steel Lattice Materials Optimized for Energy Absorption
Mahsa Amiri, University of California, Irvine

Development of a Novel Multi-Laser Scan Strategy to Reduce Micro-Cracking in Additively Manufactured Tungsten
Emmaline Hutchison, Ohio State University

Mechanical Testing and Microstructural Characterization of Laser Powder Bed Fusion (L-PBF) Additively Manufactured Inconel 718 Angled Walls for Aerospace Application
Dana Godinez, University of Texas at El Paso

Application of Additive Manufacturing to Deliver Incremental Production of Conventional Powder Metal Components without Compaction Tooling
Hope Spuck, Penn State DuBois

Effect of Process Parameters on Texture Formation During Directed Energy Deposition of 316L Stainless Steel
Amirhesam Shakibizadeh, California State University, Los Angeles
 

Innovation, technological advancement, location, and workforce made Pittsburgh the "Steel City" in the late 1800s. Today, steel mills no longer smog the skies, but new advancements in metal fabrication are revitalizing this integral part of the city's identity. Neighborhood 91, a project on 10 acres of Pittsburgh International Airport's Innovation Campus, with room to occupy 185 more acres, has brought together six companies developing and producing metal 3D printed parts. The goal is to expand to 30 or 40 companies establishing this stretch of Pittsburgh as a global hub of 3D-printed metal components.

The online version of the 2024 WHO’s WHO in PM Membership Directory is now available on the APMI website in the Members Only Area.  APMI Members will receive their print copies shortly.

APMI West Penn Chapter News

From left to right: Sean Rupprecht, APMI West Penn Treasurer; Seth Weible, APMI West Penn Secretary; John Brennan, Penn State Director of Continuing Education; Brent Matheson, APMI West Penn Vice Chairman; Steve Reed, APMI West Penn Chairman

MIM2024, the International Conference on Injection Molding of Metals, Ceramics, and Carbides, concluded late last month and was deemed an innovative success! Held in Raleigh, North Carolina, the specialized conference attracted over 105 delegates, representing over 70 companies from 10 countries.

Airbus Helicopters will use metal AM components for its helicopters and other aircraft from its Airbus parent company. Airbus Helicopters is expanding its AM capabilities with a new 3D printing (3DP) center in Donauwörth, Germany. 3DP will help reduce the weight of helicopter components according to Helmut Färber, site manager of Airbus Helicopters in Donauwörth.

A rule of thumb in bobsleigh is that success is one-third start time, one-third equipment, and one-third performance on the steering pulley. When pushing off, it is the athletic prowess of the athletes that is key, but as in track and field, footwear also affects being able to generate maximum acceleration. Yet, while there are many different types of spiked shoes tailored to the requirements of different disciplines and personal preferences available for high-performance sport on the tartan track, comparable products for the ice channel have long been lacking.

As technology partner of the German Bobsleigh, Luge, and Skeleton Federation (BSD), BMW Group is committed to changing this—and using metal additive manufacturing processes from automotive development and manufacturing, they also have the perfect method and the required expertise to implement the project.