Registration opens for MPIF’s Basic Powder Metallurgy Short Course 2019
April 30, 2019
Registration opens for MPIF’s Basic Powder Metallurgy Short Course 2019
Registration is now open for the Metal Powder Industries Federation (MPIF)’s popular ‘Basic PM Short Course’. The three-day course will be held at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, State College, Pennsylvania, USA, from August 12–14, 2019.
It offers a complete introduction to Powder Metallurgy from powder production to component design and standards. As well as press and sinter PM, processes covered include Metal Injection Moulding and metal Additive Manufacturing.
This year’s programme will focus on:
- Why PM is a leading method for producing metal parts
- The many applications that use PM parts
- The fine points in designing for PM
- How metal powders are produced
- Designs for compacting tools
- How sintering develops functional properties
- About various secondary operations
- About the Metal Powder Industries Federation standards and tests
- About metal injection molding
- The latest high-tech PM technologies, including metal Additive Manufacturing
The intensive three-day course is designed for anyone who is either new to the Powder Metallurgy industry or looking to broaden their knowledge of the technology. The course will not only appeal to engineers, designers and metallurgists but also purchasing agents, managers and office personnel.
The programme includes the following presentations:
Monday August 12
- Video
Powder Metallurgy Touches Your Life - Overview of PM
John Engquist, FAPMI, JENS Solutions LLC - Metal Powder Production
Vincent Paris, Rio Tinto Metal Powders - Testing, Characterization, and Mixing of Metal Powders
Roland T Warzel III, North American Höganäs, Inc. - Lubricants in Ferrous Powder Metallurgy
W Brian James, FAPMI, PMtech - Basic Principles of Compacting
Tom Pontzer, Gasbarre Products, Inc. - Reception
Featuring a demonstration of the ‘Popcorn Press’
Tuesday August 13
- Design of PM Parts
Samuel (Sandy) Jaffe, The P/M Experience Inc. - Sintering Principles
Harb Nayar, FAPMI, TAT Technologies, Inc. - Conventional Sintering Furnaces and Practices
Raymond Serafini, PMT, Linde, LLC - Tooling for PM
Robert T Beimel, JIT Tool & Die, Inc. - Development and Importance of Microstructures in Ferrous PM Parts
Thomas F Murphy, FAPMI, Hoeganaes Corporation - Secondary Operations Performed on PM Parts
John Engquist, FAPMI, JENS Solutions LLC - Additive Manufacturing and Powder Metallurgy
Joseph T Strauss, HJE Company, Inc.
Wednesday August 14
- PM Material Standards
W Brian James, FAPMI, PMtech - Metal Injection Molding
Thomas W Pelletiers, Kymera International - Refractory and Hardmetals/Tool Steels
Todd Palmer, CISP/PSU
