Registration opens for MPIF’s Powder Metallurgy Basic Short Course 2024
Registration for the Metal Powder Industries Federation (MPIF)’s Basic Powder Metallurgy Short Course, is now open. The event, now in its 60th year, is scheduled to take place August 12-14, 2024, at the Penn Stater Hotel & Conference Center, State College, Pennsylvania, USA.
The course offers a complete introduction to Powder Metallurgy, from powder production to component design and standards. As well as press and sinter PM, processes covered on the course include Metal Injection Molding and metal Additive Manufacturing.
The three-day course covers the following topics:
- PM history, current practice and the future
- Why PM is a preferred method for producing metal parts
- The many applications that use PM parts
- The fine points in designing for PM
- How metal powders are produced
- About MPIF standards and tests
- Designs for compacting tools
- About various secondary operations
- How sintering develops functional properties
- About Metal Injection Molding (MIM)
- The latest high-tech PM technologies, including metal Additive Manufacturing
Those who wish to register for the event can do so here. Discounted, early-bird registration is available until July 5.
