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    Austrian powder metal manufacturer Miba has produced first half sales figures up by nearly 40%, but profits before taxes only slightly up on the same period last year.
  • MIM market to reach $3.7 billion by 2017
    The world metal and ceramic injection moulding market is forecast to reach $3.7 billion by the year 2017, according to a new comprehensive report by US market analysts Global Industry Analysts, Inc (GIA).
  • China PM shows strong growth
    The China Machinery Powder Metallurgy Association (CMPMA) says that the momentum, which saw a 24% year-on-year production expansion to more than 40 000 tonnes in the first quarter of the year, has been maintained up to the half-year mark.
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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…
  • Recognising static hazard is key to countering dust explosion danger Recognising static hazard is key to countering dust explosion danger
    The hazards of combustible dust encompass a wide range of materials, industries, and processes – including metal powders. Any combustible material can burn rapidly when in a finely divided form. Now the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration has given notice that it intends to develop a standard that will comprehensively address the fire and explosion hazards of combustible dust…
  • 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.
  • Putting the best light possible on PM's year
    Plenty of rhetoric was in the mix in the review of PM in North America, Europe and Asia/Pacific that was delivered in June at the Washington World Congress. Rob Stringer reports on three very different outlooks on the industry…
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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.
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