Why do hardmetals have such high status in professional circles in Europe, whilst in North America cemented carbides are the metaphorical poor relation? It's an important question for Metal Powder Report, which circulates in both areas.
28 August, 2009
The beaming children assaulting their teeth with sweets, just minutes away on Florida's Disneyland resort, may one day appreciate the work discussed at the Royal Plaza hotel. Rob Stringer reports on a conference with a dental and medical flavour…
21 August, 2009
This paper details the use of electro discharge sintering (EDS) to sinter diamond containing segments to high density and strength from standard iron powders using a split mould with insulating sides and conductive punches. Additional segments were made from iron powder and diamond manufactured in strip form and cut to shape …
21 August, 2009
The Winterev hard materials gathering is getting bigger and Ken Brookes mourns a slight loss of informality that is one immediate result…
21 August, 2009
The credit crunch, plummeting car sales, and stagnant end-use markets have combined to create a significant slowdown in powder metallurgy. Contributing editor Lauren Moraski speaks with industry members about how their firms are weathering the global economic crisis …
21 August, 2009
Any process will have a chance in the market if it is efficient in comparison to alternative processes. Lutz Lackner from Dorst Technologies looks at how manufacturers using powder compaction to make pressed parts can be helped to reduce costs while increasing the efficiency of the forming process…
21 August, 2009
As the credit squeeze threatens many small companies in the PM supply chain, some are looking to pastures new, and hi-tech pastures at that, for inspiration, new business directions and profitability…
18 August, 2009
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…
18 August, 2009
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…
18 August, 2009