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Gorham to assess the titanium industry
French P M compan/es merge
Bathmfe~/aunches MIM machine
The French aluminium and steel industry groups Groupe Pechiney and Groupe Usinor Sacflor have decided to merge their powder metallurgy companies Alliages Frittes Metafram and Oloron Frittage, which is based near Pau. The decision was made in order to consolidate the French PM industry in Europe. A name for the new company has yet to be decided says Gerard Brunel, research and development manager at Alliages Frittes Metafram in Beauchamp, France. Future plans for the company include an increase in productivity, consolidation of the research and development resources of the larger plants in the Grenoble area and a comparison of ferrous and nonferrous parts fabrication.
Its BA 200/50 CDplus metal injection moulding (MIM) machine, is equipped with Unflog 4000 control and a three-axis pneumatic handling robot, a scale and vision system, says Battenfeld of America. The unit has been designed for economical production. The MIM material has a low viscosity and only needs a low injection and low holding pres sure. The temperature of the process ranges from 149-204 ° C and it offers considerable design flexibility compared to conventional pressing, Battenfeld says.
Alliages Frittes Metafram, Usine de Beauchamp, 53 chaussee Jules Cesar, 95250 Beauchamp, France; tel: 13995-6822; fax: 1-3995-6848.
Pressestelle der Gruppe Battenfeld, D-5882 Meinerzhagen, Germany; tel: 02354-72560; fax: 02354- 72272.
Gorham to assess the titanium industry The markets for titanium products are growing, according to Dr. Andrew Nyce, president of
the Gorham Advanced Materials Institute of Gorham, Maine, USA. He believes the combined markets for titanium, titanium aluminides and titanium metal matrix composites have the potential to grow to $ 8 - 1 0 billion by the year 2000. Gorham is launching 'Titanium, titanium-based composites and titanium aluminide markets in the 1990s' in June 1991 to forecast to 2000 uses of titanium, develop an accurate representation of supply and demand, and determine existing and future product/market mix for titanium-based materials.
Gorham Advanced Materials Institute, P.O. Box 250, Gorham, ME 04038-0250, USA. tel: 207-892-5445; fax: 207892-2210.
A m e t e k licenses iron and nickel aluminide powders The Specialty Metal Products division of Ametek Inc, Eightyfour, Pennsylvania, USA, has licensed iron and nickel alumi-
nide compositions developed by Oak Ridge National Laboratories (ORNL) and patented by Martin Marietta Energy Systems, according to a report in
PM Technology Newsletter. Nickel aluminides are used in turbine components, fasteners, drill bits, forging dies, moulds for al u m i ni um and glass casting and bearings. Composition control and thermo-mechanical processing, carried out at ORNL, have made it possible to increase the ductility of Fe3Al-based iron aluminides up to 20%. Ametek says that iron aluminides could work with conventional powder metallurgy (PM), injection moulding and thermal spraFing. Potential applications for iron aluminide parts include high-temperature oxidizing and/or sulphidizing environments, molten salt containment and automobiles. Ametek says it can produce aluminide powders in any micron size.
Richard P. Mason, AmetekSpecialty Metal Products division, Route 519, Eighty-Four, PA 15530, USA; tel: 412-2258400; fax: 412-225-6622.
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Taylored to your specifications and technically supported. Standard mixes available
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Personalised service and assured confidentiality
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High reproducibility batch to batch
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Reliable Quality
Please contact our Technical/Marketingpersonnel or our local Agent General Catalogueand Data Sheetsfor other MetalPowdersavailableon request.
Soci~t~s des Poudres M~talliques de S~n~court -
P 0 U D M ET
Formerly B A U D I E R - P O U D M E T
S~n~court
F-60140 Liancourt
Phone: +33-44.73.04.23
Fax: +33-44.73.65.37
France
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Telex: 140424 F
MPR May 1991
17
Bathmfe~/aunches MIM machine
The French aluminium and steel industry groups Groupe Pechiney and Groupe Usinor Sacflor have decided to merge their powder metallurgy companies Alliages Frittes Metafram and Oloron Frittage, which is based near Pau. The decision was made in order to consolidate the French PM industry in Europe. A name for the new company has yet to be decided says Gerard Brunel, research and development manager at Alliages Frittes Metafram in Beauchamp, France. Future plans for the company include an increase in productivity, consolidation of the research and development resources of the larger plants in the Grenoble area and a comparison of ferrous and nonferrous parts fabrication.
Its BA 200/50 CDplus metal injection moulding (MIM) machine, is equipped with Unflog 4000 control and a three-axis pneumatic handling robot, a scale and vision system, says Battenfeld of America. The unit has been designed for economical production. The MIM material has a low viscosity and only needs a low injection and low holding pres sure. The temperature of the process ranges from 149-204 ° C and it offers considerable design flexibility compared to conventional pressing, Battenfeld says.
Alliages Frittes Metafram, Usine de Beauchamp, 53 chaussee Jules Cesar, 95250 Beauchamp, France; tel: 13995-6822; fax: 1-3995-6848.
Pressestelle der Gruppe Battenfeld, D-5882 Meinerzhagen, Germany; tel: 02354-72560; fax: 02354- 72272.
Gorham to assess the titanium industry The markets for titanium products are growing, according to Dr. Andrew Nyce, president of
the Gorham Advanced Materials Institute of Gorham, Maine, USA. He believes the combined markets for titanium, titanium aluminides and titanium metal matrix composites have the potential to grow to $ 8 - 1 0 billion by the year 2000. Gorham is launching 'Titanium, titanium-based composites and titanium aluminide markets in the 1990s' in June 1991 to forecast to 2000 uses of titanium, develop an accurate representation of supply and demand, and determine existing and future product/market mix for titanium-based materials.
Gorham Advanced Materials Institute, P.O. Box 250, Gorham, ME 04038-0250, USA. tel: 207-892-5445; fax: 207892-2210.
A m e t e k licenses iron and nickel aluminide powders The Specialty Metal Products division of Ametek Inc, Eightyfour, Pennsylvania, USA, has licensed iron and nickel alumi-
nide compositions developed by Oak Ridge National Laboratories (ORNL) and patented by Martin Marietta Energy Systems, according to a report in
PM Technology Newsletter. Nickel aluminides are used in turbine components, fasteners, drill bits, forging dies, moulds for al u m i ni um and glass casting and bearings. Composition control and thermo-mechanical processing, carried out at ORNL, have made it possible to increase the ductility of Fe3Al-based iron aluminides up to 20%. Ametek says that iron aluminides could work with conventional powder metallurgy (PM), injection moulding and thermal spraFing. Potential applications for iron aluminide parts include high-temperature oxidizing and/or sulphidizing environments, molten salt containment and automobiles. Ametek says it can produce aluminide powders in any micron size.
Richard P. Mason, AmetekSpecialty Metal Products division, Route 519, Eighty-Four, PA 15530, USA; tel: 412-2258400; fax: 412-225-6622.
•
Taylored to your specifications and technically supported. Standard mixes available
•
Personalised service and assured confidentiality
•
High reproducibility batch to batch
•
Reliable Quality
Please contact our Technical/Marketingpersonnel or our local Agent General Catalogueand Data Sheetsfor other MetalPowdersavailableon request.
Soci~t~s des Poudres M~talliques de S~n~court -
P 0 U D M ET
Formerly B A U D I E R - P O U D M E T
S~n~court
F-60140 Liancourt
Phone: +33-44.73.04.23
Fax: +33-44.73.65.37
France
"~.~.~7,~~ )
Telex: 140424 F
MPR May 1991
17