Sandvik PM award focuses on extreme temperatures

Metal Powder Report  Volume 00, Number 00  July 2017

PRODUCT SHOWCASE

Product Showcase Sandvik PM award focuses on extreme temperatures Sandvik’s Wilhelm Haglund Medal for the product developer of the year’ in 2017 has ¨ nsbeen awarded to Roger Berglund, Bo Jo son, Thomas Lewin and Krister Wickman from Sandvik Materials Technology for the development of materials that can cope with extreme temperatures. The team developed two materials, Kanthal APM and Kanthal APMT, which resulted in the development of a number of new products and applications. Conventional materials can have excellent oxidization resistance, but a relatively low high-temperature strength, which limits applications in designs with low mechanical load. By using a powder-metallurgical process, the team discovered a method to add billions of small particles to the metal, which can dramatically increase the strength at high temperatures. The combination of characteristics in the new material is therefore completely unique and revolutionary. The material can help enable substantially increased productivity for customers,

From left, Thomas Lewin, Bo Jo¨nsson, Roger Berglund and Krister Wickman.

while helping to dramatically reduce energy consumption. It can be used in heating systems in industrial furnaces, and other demanding applications. ‘The material enables substantially increased productivity for customers, at the

same time as helping to dramatically reduce energy consumption. It also reduces maintenance costs and contributes to enhanced safety and a better environment,’ claimed ¨ nsson. Jo Sandvik; www.sandvik.com

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