MPIF Powder Metallurgy Sintering Seminar returns in November
The Metal Powder Industries Federation (MPIF) has announced that its Powder Metallurgy Sintering Seminar will take place at the DuBois Country Club in DuBois, Pennsylvania, USA, from November 17–18, 2026.
Held every two years, the seminar will bring together industry experts to address sintering processes and production challenges across Powder Metallurgy applications.
Topics will include sintering parts at conventional and elevated temperatures, improving PM part properties through sintering, reducing rework and scrap, troubleshooting sintering problems and improving the efficiency of daily sintering operations. The programme will also cover the latest equipment capabilities.
Sessions will also address the debinding and sintering of components produced via Metal Injection Moulding and metal Additive Manufacturing.
The scheduled talks include:
- Theory and Practices of Conventional PM and High-Temperature Sintering 1 – Carl Blais, Laval University, Québec City, Canada
- Theory and Practices of Conventional PM and High-Temperature Sintering 2 – Carl Blais
- Conventional Sintering Furnaces – Raymond Serafini, PMT, MPI
- Safety, Production, and Role of Sintering Furnace Atmospheres – Raymond Serafini, PMT, MPI
- Conventional Sintering of Ferrous Materials – Amber Tims, North American Höganäs Co.
- Using Metallography Techniques to Study Sintering in Ferrous PM Materials 1 – Thomas F Murphy, FAPMI, Hoeganaes Corporation
- Using Metallography Techniques to Study Sintering in Ferrous PM Materials 2 – Thomas F Murphy
- Sintering Processes for Nonferrous Materials – Wayne Daye, Kymera International
- Troubleshooting and Preventive Maintenance of PM Sintering – Liang He, Air Products
- High Temperature Continuous Sintering Furnaces – Jim Neill, CM Furnaces, Inc.
- Sintering of Ceramic Materials – Jim Neill, CM Furnaces, Inc, and Scott Robinson, Centorr Vacuum Industries
- Sintering of Stainless Steel – Amber Tims
- Achieving High Performance through the Use of High Temperature Sintering – Thomas F. Murphy
- Optimizing the Design of Sintering Furnace Belts – Richard D. Riva II, Wire-Mesh Products Inc.
- Sintering in Metal Injection Molding (MIM) – Mathew Bulger, ATPM Consulting
- Sintering Refractory Metals – Gary Rozak, Elmet Technologies
- Fundamentals of Vacuum Sintering – Tim Steber, Solar Atmospheres, Inc.
- Debinding & Sintering of Metal Additive Manufactured Components – Mathew Bulger
- Simulation of Metal Binder Jet Parts for Sintering Process Distortion Compensation – Nick Avedissian, Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence
- Sinter Brazing and Sinter Bonding Materials and Techniques – Steve Feldbauer, Abbott Furnace Company
Those interested can register here.
