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In 3 jam-packed days, participants will learn:

  • 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
  • The latest high-tech PM technologies including metal additive manufacturing

Receive hundreds of dollars in books/standards!

Course Registration Fees

Registration Type
  Before July 4    After July 4
MPIF Member $1,795 $1,895
APMI Member $1,895 $1,995
Non-Member $2,095 $2,195

Penn Stater Hotel & Conference Center

There are a limited number of rooms available at the Penn Stater Hotel & Conference Center, to receive the group rate, please contact the hotel directly at 814-863-5000 and use Group Code META25A.

Hotel rate:  $139/night


For registration questions, contact Stephanie Gibbs, 609-452-7700 ext 114.

 

Registration Coming January 1, 2025

PROGRAM

Attendees need to watch 2 Videos PRIOR to attending the course:

  • Introduction to PM metallurgy terms, alloy methods, properties of PM materials, and phase diagrams.
  • The Popcorn Press

*Look for email link to videos 4 weeks prior to start of the event or with confirmation if registered less than 4 weeks prior to event start.

MONDAY, AUGUST 11                               (7:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.)

  • Overview of Powder Metallurgy
  • Metal Powder Production
  • Refractory Metals, Hardmetals, and PM Steels
  • Testing, Characterization, and Mixing of Metal Powders
  • Design of PM
  • Penn State CIMP-3D Lab Tour and Reception

TUESDAY, AUGUST 12                           (7:00 a.m.-4:45 p.m.)

  • Tooling for PM
  • Lubricants in Ferrous PM
  • Basic Principles of Compacting
  • Sintering - Basics & Commercial
  • Conventional Sintering Furnaces and Practices
  • Secondary Operations and PM Parts

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13                      (7:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.)

  • Development and Importance of Microstructures in Ferrous PM Parts
  • PM Material Standards
  • Metal Injection Molding
  • Isostatic Pressing Techniques
  • Additive Manufacturing and Powder Metallurgy
  • Closing Remarks and Wrap-Up Discussion

 

*   Program subject to change

PROGRAM

CO-CHAIRS: W. Brian James, FAPMI, PMtech
Harb S. Nayar, FAPMI, TAT Technologies, Inc.

 

MONDAY, AUGUST 11
Registration & Continental Breakfast

Welcome/Opening Remarks/PM Touches Your Life
W. Brian James, FAPMI, PMtech

Overview of Powder Metallurgy
John Engquist, FAPMI, JENS Solutions

Break

Metal Powder Production
Julie Campbell Tremblay, PMT, Rio Tinto Metal Powders

Refractory Metals, Hardmetals, and Tool Steels
Michael T. Stawovy, H.C. Stark Solutions

Lunch

Testing/Characterization/Mixing Metal Powders
Roland T. Warzel III, North American Höganäs, Co.

Designing for PM
Scott Davis, Hoeganaes Corporation

Break

Penn State CIMP-3D Lab Tour and Reception


TUESDAY, AUGUST 12
Continental Breakfast

Tooling for PM
Brian Aul, JIT Tool & Die, Inc

Lubricants in Ferrous Powder Metallurgy
W. Brian James, FAPMI, PMtech

Break

Basic Principles of Compaction
Mark Thomason, Gasbarre Products, Inc.

Lunch

Sintering – Basics & Commercial
Harb Nayar, FAPMI, TAT Technologies, Inc.

Conventional Sintering Furnaces and Practices
Raymond Serafini, PMT, Messer North America

Break

Secondary Operations and Powder Metal Parts
John Engquist, FAPMI, JENS Solutions

 

 

 

 

 

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13
Continental Breakfast

Development and Importance of
Microstructures in Ferrous PM Parts

Thomas F. Murphy, FAPMI, Hoeganaes Corporation

PM Material Standards
W. Brian James, FAPMI, PMtech

Break

PM Material Standards
W. Brian James, FAPMI, PMtech

Metal Injection Molding
Thomas W. Pelletiers, Kymera International

Lunch

Isostatic Pressing Techniques
Cliff Orcutt, American Isostatic Presses, Inc.

Additive Manufacturing and Powder Metallurgy
Todd Palmer, CISP / PSU

Wrap-up & Thank You
Harb Nayar, FAPMI, TAT Technologies, Inc.

GENERAL & HOTEL INFORMATION

 

Registration Fee
Registration Fee includes E-copies of Fundamental of Powder Metallurgy, Powder Metallurgy & Particulate Materials Processing, and Hot Consolidation of Powders & Particulates textbooks, Standards 35, and other literature, will be sent out via electronic links.

Certificate of course completion.


Advanced Registration
Take advantage of special pre-registration discounts by registering early. Registration and payment must be received by Friday, July 4, 2025, to qualify for the reduced rates. If you do not receive an acknowledgement by e-mail within 10 business days, please contact Stephanie Gibbs.


Hotel Accommodations
Hotel accommodations are not included in the registration fees but MPIF has reserved a block of rooms at the special rate of $139/night plus applicable taxes.  There are a limited number of rooms available at the Penn Stater Hotel & Conference Center, to receive the group rate, please contact the hotel directly at 814-863-5000 and use Group Code META25A.

Hotel Cancellation: Cancellations must be received 24 hours prior to your arrival date to avoid being charged room and applicable taxes for one (1) night.


Seminar Cancellation Policy
Cancellations received through July 4, will receive a 50% refund. No refunds will be given after this date.  Registrants who fail to attend, and have not cancelled as noted above, are liable for the entire registration fee.


Special Needs
Attendees that require special arrangements or have a special need (dietary or physical), please contact Diane Haggerty (dhaggerty@mpif.org) in advance so that arrangements can be made.


Restrictions on Recording
No photography, or audio or video recording of presentations is permitted.


Code of Conduct Policy
Presenters, Vendors and all other Attendees at MPIF/APMI/CPMT events are expected to comply with instructions from staff members, and are expected to conduct themselves at all times in a courteous, professional and respectful manner, refraining from language and conduct that might bring discredit upon themselves, their organizations, and MPIF/APMI/CPMT. Such conduct includes, but is not limited to disrupting the businesslike atmosphere, harassment, discrimination, inappropriate language, failing to comply with local, state, and federal laws, and conduct that puts themselves and others at risk. This code of conduct applies to both official activities of the event and its program as well as to any informal and social activities taking place in connection with the event. Presenters, and any other Attendees who do not comply with this code of conduct may be removed from the event and barred from attending future MPIF/APMI/CPMT sponsored or co-sponsored events.


Consent of Photography
MPIF reserves, and the registrant(s) hereby conveys to MPIF, the non-exclusive right to use the registrants’ name, likeness, portrait, voice and/or bibliographic material in order to advertise, promote and publicize MPIF’s Conferences.