Still time to register for the MPIF’s Basic Powder Metallurgy Short Course
The Metal Powder Industries Federation (MPIF)’s Basic Powder Metallurgy Short Course, now in its 62nd year, is scheduled to take place August 10-12, 2026, at the Penn Stater Hotel & Conference Center, State College, Pennsylvania, USA.
The course offers a complete introduction to Powder Metallurgy, from powder production to component design and standards. As well as press and sinter PM, processes covered on the course include Metal Injection Molding and metal Additive Manufacturing.
The three-day course will include:
- Latest PM technologies, including metal Additive Manufacturing, PM history, current practices, and future trends
- Advantages and applications of PM for metal parts
- Key design principles for PM metal powder production methods and MPIF standards
- Compacting tool designs and basic principles
- Sintering techniques and their impact on functional properties
- Overview of Metal Injection Molding (MIM)
- Secondary operations and their role in PM parts
- Importance of microstructures in ferrous PM parts
- Latest high-tech PM technologies, including metal Additive Manufacturing
Registration is still open and can be found here.
More information, including the full programme, can be found here.
