P/M Tool Steels Poised for Growth 
Hoganas Designs Automatic P/M Forging Process 
Pyron Sales and Earnings Up 
National Sintered Alloys Expands 
Gould Inc. Advocates P/M Titanium for New Dollar Coin 
Ohio Bronze Relocates Offices 
IITRI Buys Hot Pressing System to Prove New Process 
Hoeganaes Introduces Distaloy High Compressibility Steel Powders 
Guide Helps Select P/M Materials for Parts 
Call for Papers-P/M '79 
P/M Stainless Steel Tube Maker Joins Federation 
P/M '80 Program Co-Chairmen Appointed 
Section Happenings 
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P/M Related Patents 
Calendar of P/M Events 

The Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology (ILT), Aachen, Germany, has received an award for decades of development in the field of Additive Manufacturing: The institute won a competition conducted by ASTM International and is now working on a project towards standardization of machine condition monitoring in laser beam powder bed fusion (LB-PBF). It is focusing on selecting and qualifying imaging sensor technology that can be used to specifically monitor the condition of LB-PBF systems. The institute will derive cost-reducing recommendations for end users from these data.

To support and promote quality technology transfer, we offer the following select manuscript, which was highly rated during judging of the AMPM2021 Metal Additive Manufacturing Outstanding Technical Paper Award review process by the MPIF Technical Board.

This APMI “Members Only” benefit is located on the APMI site and is open only to APMI members.

Effect of Atomization Method and Post-Processing Treatments on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Ti-6Al-4V Alloys Manufactured via Laser Powder Bed Fusion

Leandro Feitosa

To view the manuscript, login at www.apmiinternational.org and then enter the APMI Member Portal.

During the closing night event “An All-American BBQ”, at PowderMet2021, Orlando, Florida, the Metal Powder Industries Federation (MPIF) announced their donation to the Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida.

Headlines

An Overwhelming Success
Global Conditions Reviewed
Automotive Experts Support New PIM Applications
Gummeson Receives Pioneer Award
Award Winning PIM Parts
Metallography Short Course
Call-for-Papers -Advanced Particulate Materials and Processes Conference
Certification Exams Ahead
People in the News
 

Caroline Means, an undergraduate in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University, has been working on a metal AM project that could make it easier to experiment with golf putters. The project’s goal is to allow golfers to adjust parts of their club to find a better stroke, rather than having to buy a new club. It also could help equipment manufacturers reimagine their prototyping and design process.

Denso Corp., Southfield, Michigan, has invested in Seurat Technologies, Wilmington, Massachusetts, to speed up its manufacturing production rates. Seurat’s area printing technology focuses 2 million points of laser light on a bed on metal powder, each point individually adjustable for power and duration, to create net-shape metal components.

PowderMet2021, AMPM2021, and Tungsten2021 provided a much needed gathering place for professionals and students from every sector of the powder metallurgy community. The excitement of finally getting together again showed on all the smiling faces. Nearly 400 “in-person” delegates and over 100 “virtual” delegates took part in the hybrid event, held June 20-23 in Orlando. Delegates filtered into the ballroom to John Sebastian’s “Welcome Back” as they prepared for the Opening General Session’s jam-packed agenda. Executive Director/CEO James Adams welcomed the industry back together again in his opening remarks.

               
Executive Director/CEO James Adams welcomed the industry back together again during his opening remarks.

August 9–11, 2021 — State College, PA

The PM industry’s most successful educational program for those new to the industry or seeking to bush up on the latest developments is right around the corner – and in-person!

Over 3 full days, participants will learn:

• PM’s history, current practice, and the future
• Why PM is a preferred method for producing metal parts
• The many applications that use PM parts
• The fine points in designing for PM
• How metal powders are produced
• About MPIF standards and tests
• Designs for compacting tools
• About various secondary operations
• How sintering develops functional properties
• About metal injection molding

MPIF has released new material property data for MIM Stainless Steel (MIM-420 HIP’d & HT) as an Addendum to the 2018 edition of MPIF Standard 35-MIM, “Materials Standards for Metal Injection Molded Parts”.  The new data provides minimum and typical mechanical property data tables in both inch-pound and SI units.

Headlines:

San Diego Attendance Tops 1,000
QMP Vacation and Maintenance Shutdown
White Sees Promising Future
Kobelco Opens for Business
Windfall Buys Metal Powder Plant
Japanese P/M Parts Production Increases
Korean P/M Parts Industry Set for Rapid Growth
1990 P/M Conference Call for Papers
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Distinguished Service Awards
P/M Design Competition Winners
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