Job swap

Hans Soderhjelm has taken over as sales and marketing director at Höganäs North America, from Ralf Carlström who assumes the same role at the parent company, Höganäs AB in Sweden.This is a short news story only. Visit www.metal-powder.net for the latest powder metallurgy industry news.     

Lovejoy invests against economic trends to offer greater accuracy and green density

An Illinois powder metal manufacturer has installed a new manufacturing system it claims to be a ”world-beater” — and set up a new division to take advantage of its capabilities.This is a short news story only. Visit www.metal-powder.net for the latest powder metallurgy industry news.     

Sieve maker solves powder problems

Sieve maker Russell Finex ∼has introduced a further development to its range of industrial powder screening devices which, it says, eliminates mesh blinding for a whole range of difficult-to-screen materials including light and sticky powders.This is a short news story only. Visit www.metal-powder.net for the latest powder metallurgy industry news.     

BASF’s new focus

BASF’s industrial coatings unit is to restructure its operations and consolidate.This is a short news story only. Visit www.metal-powder.net for the latest powder metallurgy industry news.     

… as QMP offers new high-strength grades

Canadian-based QMP Metal Powders will be promoting a high-strength diffusion-bonded molybdenum steel powder at PM2003 in Valencia later this month. ATOMET DB49 is a newly developed grade that allows the manufacture of PM parts with a tensile strength of more than 850MPa using normal sintering conditions in belt furnaces equipped with a rapid cooling zone. The company will also be exhibiting their own polymeric HGS lubricating system that, they say, “drastically enhances the strength of green parts to the point where they can withstand the stresses applied by cutting tools during machining. QMP will also be showing off a new sponge-type iron powder, ATOMET 24, for high green strength applications that can be used to facilitate the production of more complex parts.This is a short news story only. Visit www.metal-powder.net for the latest powder metallurgy industry news.     

Hoeganaes funds new Chair in PM at Philadelphia's Drexel

Hoeganaes Corporation has established a $250?000 endowment for a Chair in Powder Metallurgy in the department of Materials Engineering at Drexel University in Philadelphia.This is a short news story only. Visit www.metal-powder.net for the latest powder metallurgy industry news.     

Production and sales up for Höganäs

Swedish powder producer Höganäs increased sales by 13 per cent during the first half of 2003 to SK 1918 million — about $240 million. This figure includes earnings of around $43 million from SCM Metal Products, the former powder metallurgy arm of OM Group acquired by Höganäs for $65 million earlier this year.This is a short news story only. Visit www.metal-powder.net for the latest metallurgy industry news     

Campaign boost for safety at work

The first pan-European campaign to reduce the risks of chemicals, biological agents and other dangerous substances at work has been launched by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work. It is backed by the European Commission and the European Parliament.This is a short news story only. Visit www.metal-powder.net for the latest powder metallurgy industry news.     

Patents and intellectual property to be discussed in Luxembourg

The importance of intellectual property and the latest developments in electronic tools and the Internet for patent information are to be discussed in Luxembourg at two conferences in a three-day session later this month.This is a short news story only. Visit www.metal-powder.net for the latest powder metallurgy industry news.     

‘Double strength for green parts’ claim ushers in new Hoeganaes technology…

Hoeganaes Corporation has introduced a high green strength powder that it says gives up to twice the green strength for conventionally produced ferrous metal powder parts. The aim of ANCORMIX HGS is to produce metal powder premix materials that help prevent crack formation during part ejection, and other problems associated with green parts without warm compaction or high compression techniques.This is a short news story only. Visit www.metal-powder.net for the latest powder metallurgy industry news.     

New polish for Institute of Corrosion

The UK's Institute of Corrosion is (IC) launching a ”new look” in a bid to encourage new members. The IC will be seeking to promote sound corrosion management practice, the advancement of cost-effective corrosion control measures, and a sustained effort to raise awareness at all stages of design and manufacture. It estimates that corrosion costs the UK 4 per cent of GNP every year.This is a short news story only. Visit www.metal-powder.net for the latest powder metallurgy industry news.     

Transatlantic deal pushes microwave technology

Microwave specialists Harper International of New York and Fricke & Mallah of Germany have signed a licensing agreement to expand the marketing of microwave systems in both the US and Europe.This is a short news story only. Visit www.metal-powder.net for the latest powder metallurgy industry news.     

Winning paper

Finish-turning of hardened powder metallurgy steel using cryogenic cooling, by Zbigniew Zurecki, John H. Frey and Ranajit Ghosh of Air Products and Chemicals, Inc won the 2003 MPIF Outstanding Technical Paper Award.This is a short news story only. Visit www.metal-powder.net for the latest powder metallurgy industry news.     

SMC Quality rating

SMC Powder Metallurgy of Galeton, Pennsylvania, has passed the tough qualification tests to win accreditation to ISO/TS16949, a quality management system that satisfies the international auto business. Peter Lake, President of the SRI Quality System Register, said: ”SMC has demonstrated effective implementation of a quality management system that satisfies the tough new auto standard for the manufacture of powder metal gears, sprockets, bearings and structural parts.This is a short news story only. Visit www.metal-powder.net for the latest powder metallurgy industry news.     

PM's part in defence

A two-day seminar on powder metallurgy in defence-related industries is to be staged by the Metal Powder Industries Federation in Baltimore later this month. The aim of the seminar is to set out the benefits for companies in gaining government contracts.This is a short news story only. Visit www.metal-powder.net for the latest powder metallurgy industry news.     

More black stuff

Timcal Graphite and Carbon has completed the acquisition of the Belgian carbon black unit of Erachem Comilog, a subsidiary of the Eramet Group. It has sales of €15m a year in the the battery and conductive polymer markets.This is a short news story only. Visit www.metal-powder.net for the latest powder metallurgy industry news.     

EPSI makes HIP sale in Taiwan as prospects look up

US and Belgium_based Engineered Pressure Systems has sold a hot isostatic press (HIP) system to a customer in Taiwan. The unit has a maximum operating pressure of 200 MPa (29?000 psi) and an operating temperature of 1300°C.This is a short news story only. Visit www.metal-powder.net for the latest powder metallurgy industry news.     

European emissions trading scheme set to start in 2005

Iron powder producers and processors will have to look to the skies for the next big piece of Euro legislation to effect them. And it's coming soon. For a Europe-wide emissions trading scheme (ETS), which is effectively a carbon trading scheme, is to begin in 2005 and will cover all present and future member states of the enlarged European Union. The deadline for implementation of the EC Directive — approved by the European Parliament only in July — is December 31. Member states have to have their National Allocation Plans (NAP) finalised by the end of March 2004.This is a short news story only. Visit www.metal-powder.net for the latest powder metallurgy industry news.     

Analysis on the hoof

Malvern Instruments have added a mobile analysis system to its range of on line particle analysers. The Insitec Voyager won the Most Innovative Product award at the Asia Pacific Coatings Show 2003 and can be attached to fixed sampling ports at a variety of points in a production line. It can also be used to sample different production lines within the same manufacturing plant.This is a short news story only. Visit www.metal-powder.net for the latest powder metallurgy industry news.     

Copper gleams

Total world shipments of copper powder came close to 70?000 short tons last year. North America took 24?000 tons; Europe and Asia each took 20?000 tons and other countries 5 000 short tons. Bearing manufacture accounts for more than 50 per cent of the total.This is a short news story only. Visit www.metal-powder.net for the latest metallurgy industry news