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    Continuing global success has encouraged powder characterisation company Freeman Technology to relocate into new larger premises based in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire (UK).
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    The 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Dan Shechtman "for the discovery of quasicrystals."
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    AIST in Japan has developed a technology to produce sintered isotropic samarium-iron-nitrogen (Sm-Fe-N) based magnets with properties similar to neodynium-iron-boron (Nd-Fe-B) based permanent magnets.
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    A subsidiary of leading US powder metal manufacturer Ametek has developed a software system for analysis of multi-layer coatings of the type used in hardmetal tooling, among other applications.
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  • Simulating flow can help avoid mould mistakes Simulating flow can help avoid mould mistakes
    Trial and error sometimes produces answers for an experienced MIM operator faced with a problem in the mould. But modelling is increasingly being called into play to cut costs and save time before production starts. The author of this piece, Marco Thornagel from Sigma Engineering, explains how a mathematical model can fit in with the realities of production…
  • 2C ceramics moves into the industrial reality zone 2C ceramics moves into the industrial reality zone
    The low weight, high performance characteristics of ceramic components means that ceramic injection moulding is an expanding business. A seven-country European research project has shown that technology can boost desirable traits in this powder technology…
  • The electric bicycle raceThe electric bicycle race
    With news that Höganäs has launched a new, light weight motor for electric bicycles, Metal Powder Report looks at the growth of the ‘e-bike’ market in China and the rest of the world and how the motor was designed to meet new requirements for lightweight, environmentally-friendly vehicle components.
  • PowderMet 2010: North American PM market turning the corner – slowly but surelyPowderMet 2010: North American PM market turning the corner – slowly but surely
    There is tangible evidence that the pains of the global recession are subsiding and that an economic recovery – albeit a tepid one – is well under way. But not everyone is feeling the rebound to the same degree. Reginald Tucker, editor, Metal Finishing magazine, recaps the highlights from PowderMet 2010 in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., where equipment manufacturers, parts makers, and powder suppliers alike convened to network, learn, and, of course, buy and sell.
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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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