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  • Subsieve autosizer allows faster Fisher number generation
    Chemical reactor specialist HEL has developed a new subsieve autosizer for powder size characterisation using air-permeability, replacing the Fisher Subsieve Sizer (FSSS), which is used for metal powder coatings and pharmaceuticals.
  • H C Stark fuel cell partnership
    H C Starck Ceramics and Kerafol, a Germany-based manufacturer of ceramic tapes, have partnered to manufacture, sell, and distribute high-temperature SOFCs (solid oxide fuel cells) doped with scandium.
  • Paper call for PowderMet and MIM2011
    Committees for PowderMet2011 and MIM2011 have issued a call for papers and presentations.
  • Metal Powder Report 2010 Buyers’ Guide – deadline extended to 23rd July
    We are soon to publish the Metal Powder Report 2010 Buyers’ Guide. However, without your entries, it is nothing! Make sure your company is listed in this invaluable reference guide for the powder metallurgy industry.
  • Giant annealing furnace for Janicki
    Janicki Industries, based in Sedro-Woolley, Washington, USA has built a giant 1600°F/871°C annealing furnace, designed to handle large-scale, high-precision metal, composite, ceramic and thermoplastic projects.
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Podcasts

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    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...
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    How the various regions of the world have fared in recession and current trends in the last quarter.
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Features

  • A month for Trade Fairs
    Almost like waiting for a bus, when one trade show comes into view in October, there's another one almost directly behind it. First up this month is EuroPM2009, the established European annual PM fest, this year being staged in Copenhagen from 12 – 14 October. But following close behind comes Ceramitec (20 – 23 October) in Munich.
  • Looking at MW sintering and nickel diffusion Looking at MW sintering and nickel diffusion
    The countries of the former Eastern Bloc are using PM technologies developed during the Soviet era but combining and sharpening them by the use of imported new technologies…
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Downloads

  • Hollow metal spheres put Fraunhofer on a roll
    Producing metallic hollow spheres is complicated. Up to now it has not been possible to make the small sizes required for new high-tech applications. However, for the first time researchers at one of Germany’s premier research institutes have manufactured ground hollow metal spheres measuring between just two to 10 millimetres.
  • 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.
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  • 2010 Enterprise Phone Systems Requirements Toolkit
    In the market for a new enterprise-class phone system? This Toolkit has everything you need to choose the right system for your business.
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