EPMA’s Powder Metallurgy Summer School heads to Valencia in 2016
December 2, 2015
The European Powder Metallurgy Association (EPMA) has announced that its 2016 PM Summer School will take place in Valencia, Spain, from June 27 to July 1, 2016.
The five-day residential training course will be a mix of lectures, given by experts drawn from both industry and academia, laboratory work, group discussion, problem solving and a factory tour.
Topics to be covered include the manufacture of metal powders, Metal Injection Moulding (MIM), modelling, sintering, Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP), magnetic materials and metal Additive Manufacturing. Participants will be able to discuss and solve problems in the classroom as well as gain hands on experience of various PM processes during laboratory sessions.
The Summer School is designed for young graduate designers, engineers and scientists from disciplines such as materials science, design, engineering, manufacturing or metallurgy. Graduates under 35 and who have obtained their degree from a European institution are eligible to apply.