Powder metallurgy innovations rewarded in Spain

An European Powder Metallurgy Association product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team Nov 14, 2003

Made in recognition of outstanding technological achievements by its member companies, the European Powder Metallurgy Association Innovation Awards are an important showcase for PM technology.

Made in recognition of outstanding technological achievements by its member companies, the European Powder Metallurgy Association Innovation Awards are an important showcase for PM technology.

This year produced an especially high quality of entrants, which were independently judged by referees from five different European countries.

The winners were announced last month at the plenary session of the successful PM 2003 Congress and Exhibition in Valencia, Spain.

Dr Cesar Molins, President of the EPMA, presented the awards in four categories.

The first of these categories was the award of merit in the field of components, which was won by Parmaco Metal Injection Moulding from Switzerland with a mounting unit for a Leica Geosystems measuring system.

In the second category of processing technology, the award of merit went to Osterwalder, also of Switzerland, for the new innovative three-level programming tool, "PRP for cutting tool inserts" on its CA-NC II powder press.

The award of merit in the materials category went to the Fraunhofer Institute - IFAM from Bremen, Germany, for its work in developing and introducing a novel and innovative steel powder mixture, named LaserTool, which has been developed for rapid prototyping, tooling and manufacturing using direct metal laser sintering.

Finally, the acclaimed EPMA International Powder Metallurgy Award for 2003 went to Advanced Materials Technology of Singapore, for the production, using the MIM process, of a mechanical connector.

Designed for use within a pressure reducing regulator for natural gas pipelines, its role is to maintain a desired outlet pressure while providing the required flow to satisfy variable downstream demand.

In addition to these winners, four companies were highly commended for their entries, these were Komage Gellner, Germany, Sinterstahl, Germany, Pometon, Italy and Pacific Sintered Metals, USA.

The next awards in the series will be made at the PM 2004 World Congress and Exhibition, to be held in Vienna, Austria, 17th-21st October 2004.

Details of how to apply will be made available shortly.

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