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  • New move for Freeman
    Continuing global success has encouraged powder characterisation company Freeman Technology to relocate into new larger premises based in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire (UK).
  • Euro PM2011 attracted 900 participants
    This year's Euro PM Congress in Barcelona, Spain, organised and hosted by the European Powder Metallurgy Association (EPMA), attracted nearly 900 participants.
  • Solar nano grinder
    Union Process, Inc, of Akron, Ohio, has built a 5-SDM Attritor for a solar technology application.
  • Erasteel boosts R&D
    Erasteel has taken a significant step in strengthening its research and development resource by taking a majority shareholding in Metallied, a company that specialises in small batches of tailor-made powders. Erasteel is a 100% subsidiary of Eramet, the French metallurgy and mining group based in Paris.
  • PSA feels the heat
    PSA/Peugeot-Citroen’s sliding share price has left the French carmaker trading at a record discount to Volkswagen on investor expectations it will be the worst automotive casualty of the region’s sovereign debt crisis, according to Automotive News Europe.
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  • The growing pull of magnets
    China has the world-leading position in rare earth magnets. But things vare changing as the realisation sinks in of the vital commercial and strategic importance of these unseen and unremarked assets...
  • Powder Metal Markets
    How the various regions of the world have fared in recession and current trends in the last quarter.
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Ferrous Powder Metallurgy
Dr. W. Brian James is Manager of International Technical Service for Sales and Marketing for US based Hoeganaes Corporation. A PhD and chartered engineer, he is a fellow of AMPI International, fellow of...

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  • Attritors and Ferrite Grinding Applications
    In today's electronic world, the demand for high quality ferrite products is rising rapidly. There are several types of ferrites and the preparation of all these are similar; the principal difference is in the raw material used.
  • Low-level demagnetization as preparation process for shaping of metal powder parts
    An important cost factor in the production of metal powder pressed parts for the automotive industry are the punches and dies, which are usually made of sintered tungsten carbides and often provided with wear resistant coatings. These tools are subject to strong mechanical wear, and hence have a limited life.
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