Registration Opens for Powder Metallurgy Short Course

Registration has opened for the Basic Powder Metallurgy (PM) Short Course, the powder metallurgy industry's longest-running course, which will be held August 14–16, 2017, at Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, State College, Pennsylvania. The Basic PM Short Course is an essential educational tool if you or your company's employees are new to PM; need an update of recent industry developments; look to broaden or enhance background knowledge; seek to enhance advancement opportunities.

Over the course of three days, attendees will learn:

• History, current practice, and the future of PM.
• Why PM is a leading method for producing metal parts.
• The many applications that use PM parts.
• The fine points in designing for PM.
• How metal powders are produced.
• Designs for compacting tools.
• How sintering develops functional properties.
• About various secondary operations.
• About the Metal Powder Industries Federation standards and tests.
• About metal injection molding.
• The latest high-tech PM technologies, including metal additive manufacturing (3D printing).

Recent attendees have taken note of the committed professionals teaching the course who are experienced, knowledgeable, and passionate about the industry.

Editor's Note: For further information contact Dora Schember at dschember@mpif.org or (609) 452-7700

About the Metal Powder Industries Federation
Metal Powder Industries Federation is the North American trade association formed by the powder metallurgy industry to advance the interests of the metal powder producing and consuming industries and provides a single point of reference for all MPIF member companies.