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Collaborating on critical materials research
NASA licenses 3D-printable superalloy
Making 3D printing of machine parts more efficient
3D-printed defect-free tungsten components

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Solving a backbone challenge
Anti-fatigue preparation for 3D-printed titanium alloy
LPBF metal AM platform for serial production
Pump parts with AMC 3 certification
Tackling residual stress in large-scale additive manufacturing

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Environmental Additive Research
3D-Printed Aluminium Alloy with Unprecedented Fatigue Resistance
Hybrid Electric Aircraft
Microstructural Features of 3D-Printed Alloy
European funding for research in EV battery materials
US universities collaborate to improve consistency of additive manufacturing
3D printed metamaterial with supernatural strength

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Infection-resistant, 3D-printed metals for surgical implants
3D-printed metals with different properties
New patents for AM alloys
Progress in metallic powders for laser powder bed fusion
Listening for defects in laser additive manufacturing in real time
3D printing large metal steam turbine blades
Complying with the US Department of Defense
Keeping trains on track

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Ceramic 3D printing in hydrogen production
Maximizing uptime in an uncertain era
What is cold spray AM?
Rocket engines take off in Scotland
Precious metals prosperity partnership
New inspection method for powder bed printing
3D-printed superalloy could help power plants cut carbon emissions

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JPMA report – powder metallurgy in 2022
New life for used electric bike motors
Reverse engineering US Army parts
Energy-efficient hot zones
2023 PM Design Excellence Awards: the winners
Solid-state battery measurement
Complex copper manufacturing

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Metal 3D printing technology for automotive, energy and biomedical applications
3D manufacturing creates new opportunities
Five important trends in industrial 3D printing
Green e-waste mining for sustainable metals and alloys
A century of metal chemistry
Buying time for 3D printing
State of the PM industry in North America 2023

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PM innovations match automotive industry challenges
3D printed titanium pump components
3D printing is revolutionising spare part production in land defense
PM innovation delivers automotive progress

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Complex parts from nature
Accelerating hardware prototyping for startups and small companies
How titanium MIM parts are made
Benefits of 3D printed tools for automotive
The role of CEM in materials testing
From sports prowess to sintered printing: a lifetime's journey

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A recipe for success
Solid-state processing of surplus aluminum alloy powders
Energy-efficient ceramics
Spraying for 3D printed parts

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Portable cold spray technology
The case for copper AM
PMTi2022: A very successful conference in Montreal
Mission-critical 3D printing
PowderMet2022/AMPM2022 report
Seven facts about machining centers
Larger, lighter 3D printed parts

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High energy ball milling – An advanced processing route for effective development of Titanium Aluminide intermetallic alloy through mechanical alloying
ILYAS HUSSAIN, R. J. IMMANUEL

Friction stir processing for tensile strength and microstructure enhancement of Lm25
aluminum alloy – 5% Sicp metal matrix composites
P. VIJAYAVEL, I. RAJKUMAR, G. MAGUDEESWARAN, T. SUNDARARAJAN

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ICP-OES analysis of waste printed circuit board
High speed bike manufacture
Hydrogen storage in metal powder
Written in the stars
JPMA 2021: Asian PM Industry recovering rapidly

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3D metal powder mixing
New boost for the PM near net shape industry
MIM2022 conference report
Testing 3D printed orthopedic implants
Manufacturing in extreme temperatures

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3D printing in the field
Magic magnets
Interview: Equispheres
Bespoke bike maker harnesses AM
Developing a metal powder specification for laser metal deposition
PM Personality: Peter K Johnson
AM for aerospace repair

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REWIND
LOOKING BACK TO GO FORWARD

FEATURE
EURO PM2021: A VIRTUAL FEAST
FLIGHT OF THE AEROSPIKE
POWDERMET TECHNICAL HIGHLIGHTS

PM PERSONALITY
ADELINE RIOU

TECHNICAL PAPER
DAMPING CHARACTERISTICS OF PURE ALUMINUM: A COMPARISON OF MICROWAVE AND CONVENTIONAL SINTERING
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE OF THE HARDNESS OF MATERIALS WITH A METALLIC, COVALENT-METALLIC BONDS
DEVELOPMENTS IN SINTERED ALUMINUM-BASED COMPOSITES
DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF LOW DENSITYMG-6ZN- 4CU-2CA-1MN ALLOY FOR AUTOMOBILE STRUCTURES
CREATE A STIR
INFLUENCE OF WC/CO POWDER METALLURGY ELECTRODES MADE BY MICRON AND NANO PARTICLES ON EDM PERFORMANCE

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REGULARS
109 Rewind
111 News
123 Special Feature
159 Additive Manufacturing

SPECIAL FEATURE
123 High hopes for 3D printing
L. Nickels

127 MIM2021 virtual conference overview
J. Capus

130 Breaking up is hard to do – Making up can be even harder! (Tales of atomising and sintering)
M.A. Kearns and A.J. Coleman

137 COVID-19 shatters global automotive industry; sales of metal powder take a nosedive amid wavering demand
N. Kaitwade

140 Surface characteristics modification of lm25 aluminum alloy – 5% sic particulate metal matrix composites by friction stir processing
P. Vijayavel, I. Rajkumar and T. Sundararajan

152 Graphmatech – The Swedish graphene technology company on a mission to revolutionize the metal industry
P. Maley and M. Taher

156 PM Personality: Dr Chaman Lall, Metal Powder Products Co. (MPP)
J. Capus

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REGULARS
63 Rewind
67 News
70 Special Feature
100 Additive Manufacturing

SPECIAL FEATURE
70 EPMA webinar ‘‘Low earth orbit and PM’’. An opportunity to get your PM project on the maiden voyage of the European Space Agency Space Rider
J. Capus

72 Breathing space for PM on the moon
L. Nickels

75 Effect of tool diameter ratio of tapered cylindrical profile pin on wear characteristics of friction stir processing of Al-Si alloy reinforced with SiC ceramic particles
P. Vijayavel, T. Sundararajan, I. Rajkumar and K. Ananthakumar

90 The pros & cons of powder bed fusion
M.R. Nichols

92 A new generation of wear resistant metal materials
I. Bode´n

97 Dielectric response of (Pb 0.7Nd 0.15 Bi 0.15 )(Fe0.3 Ti 0.7 )O3 material
S.K. Samal, S.K. Pradhan, M.K. Mallick, R.N.P. Choudhary and S. Bhuyan

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REGULARS
1 IN MEMORIAM
4 NEWS
9 BUSINESS
23 SPECIAL FEATURE
43 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

SPECIAL FEATURE
23 PM personality: Dean Howard PMT, President North American Ho¨ gana¨ s, and President MPIF
J. Capus

25 Evaluation of die-sinking Electric Discharge Machine with Smart Machine Controller
M.M. Pawade, D. Goyal and S.S. Banwait

32 Network distribution of molybdenum among pure titanium powders for enhanced wear properties
R. Yamanoglu

40 Effects of Ca, Cu concentration on degradation behavior of Zn alloys in Hank’s solution
G. Sathish Kumar, P. Parameswaran, V. Vijayan and R. Yokeswaran

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REGULARS
311 REWIND
312 NEWS
324 TECHNOLOGY
330 SPECIAL FEATURE
373 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

SPECIAL FEATURE
330 Antiviral boost for nanoparticles
L. Nickels

334 Additive manufacturing of soft and hard magnetic materials used in electrical machines
F. Bernier, M. Ibrahim, M. Mihai, Y. Thomas and J.-M. Lamarre

344 Tribological study of mechanically milled graphite nanoparticles codeposited in electroless Ni-P coatings
I.S. Thakur, v.S. Pandey, P.S. Rao, S. Tyagi and D. Goyal

350 2020 MPIF PM Design Excellence Competition Awards
J. Capus

356 AM and HM experts join forces at EPMA’s 2019 Maastricht congress
K.J.A. Brookes

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REGULARS
247 REWIND
248 PRODUCT SHOWCASE
252 NEWS
264 SPECIAL FEATURE
300 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

SPECIAL FEATURE
264 Reference listing of hardmetal microstructures – MPR’s Ken Brookes reviews an update by Sandvik’s Jose´ Garcı´a
K. Brookes

274 Materials go west
L. Nickels

276 MPIF President Dean Howard reviews the state of the North American PM industry in the light of COVID-19
J. Capus

280 JPMA 2019 Annual Report Summary: PM producers in Japan and most Asian countries saw a modest overall decline
J. Capus

284 AM stands the test of time
L. Nickels

288 Examining the influence of shoulder to pin diameter ratio on corrosion behavior of friction stir LM25 aluminum alloy with 10% silicon carbide particles
V. Senthil and E. Balasubramanian

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REGULARS
179 REWIND
180 NEWS
189 SPECIAL FEATURE
234 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
243 PRODUCT SHOWCASE

SPECIAL FEATURE
189 Reclaiming rare earth metals
L. Nickels

193 Euro PM2019 Congress & Exhibition launches in The Netherlands
E.K.J.A. Brookes

200 Professor Henein on significance of materials research in space
J. Capus

203 Software toolkits for architected materials, lightweighting, and more
L. Nickels

207 PM Personality: Dr Martin Kearns, Sandvik Osprey Ltd
J. Capus

209 Phase evolution and characterization of mechanically alloyed hexanary Al16.6 Mg16.6 Ni 16.6 Cr16.6 Ti 16.6 Mn 16.6 high entropy alloy
P. Parameswaran, A.M. Rameshbabu, V. Vijayan, G. Sathish Kumar, C. Sakthivel, N. Pargunam and A. Godwin Antony

215 AM and HM experts join forces at EPMA Maastricht congress – Part 1
K.J.A. Brookes

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REGULARS
123 REWIND
124 NEWS
135 FINANCIALS
137 SPECIAL FEATURE
161 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
173 PRODUCT SHOWCASE

SPECIAL FEATURE
137 The age of diamond semiconductors
A. Khan

139 Virto-Cuccolini: Sphericity of metal powders cause blocking of the sieve-mesh
A. Bilal

142 Design of the thixotropic lubricant and its influence on compaction behavior of Cr-alloyed PM steel
Y. Chen, L. Zhang, H. Sun, F. Chen and X. Qu

148 Making steel powders for PM and AM
J. Capus

151 Powder forging in PSRSPU (continued)
Y. Dorofeyev and V. Dorofeyev

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REGULARS
73 REWIND
75 NEWS
79 SPECIAL FEATURE
118 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
122 EVENTS DIARY

SPECIAL FEATURE
79 They do it with lasers
L. Nickels

82 Characterization of plasma rotating electrode atomized Nb-Ti based alloy powder
Q. Li, L. Zhang, X. Chen, D. Wei, P. Zhang, Y. Chen and X. Qu

92 MIM and AM: Solvent finishing of complex parts
S. Pear

95 A review of binder jet process parameters; powder, binder, printing and sintering condition
F. Dini, S.A. Ghaffari, J. Jafar, R. Hamidreza and S. Marjan

101 Aluminum silicon alloy powder reinforced with carbon nanotubes
M.K. Ismael, M.I. Alkarkhi and A.A. Moosa

106 Complex micro-nano structure of ceramic-metal composites
K. Konopka

110 Effect of tool pin profile on corrosion behavior of friction stir processed LM25AA 10% SiCp metal matrix composites
V. Senthil and E. Balasubramanian

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REGULARS
1 REWIND
2 NEWS
12 SPECIAL FEATURE
50 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
65 PRODUCT SHOWCASE
72 EVENTS DIARY

SPECIAL FEATURE
12 Additive International Nottingham 2019 – Part 2
K.J.A. Brookes

28 Additive manufacturing of tantalum – A study of chemical and physical properties of printed tantalum
C. Sungail and A.D. Abid

34 Moisture content analysis of metal powders using oven desorption followed by Karl Fischer titration
P. Mellin, T. Zavalis, L. Tingo¨, H. Brodin, J. Wendel, S. Berg, D. Riabov, A. Strondl and L. Nyborg

40 Investigations of powder flow patterns in hopper model through discrete element method
V. Kumar, R. Arora, D. Goyal, D. Pal and S. Sehgal

48 It’s all about the mix – The heavy-duty solution for mixing and granulation of sinter material in the steel industry
M. Becker