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| MIM Guitar Tuner (Components Category-MIM) |
Maxon Motor
Unter Ziel 1, DE-79350 Sexau, Germany
Phone: 0049 7641 9114 152
Fax: 0049 7641 9114 666
Website: www.maxonmotor.com
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Summary: Fulfilling the very challenging requirements of the customer, an automatic tuner for electric guitars has been developed and produced by maxon motor. This device helps guitarists to keep their guitar perfectly tuned.
The MIM guitar tuner reduces the retuning time of a guitar to 1.5 seconds. An experienced technician would take 30 seconds.
The guitar tuner shows in an extraordinary way the possibility of MIM to exactly produce tiny parts. Complex shapes can be economically produced by investing only once in a single mould, giving a short 'pay back' time.
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| Gearset for Bush Cutter (Components Category-MIM) |
MG Minigears
35127 Padova, via Lussemburgo, 25/27 - Italy
Phone: 0039 049 8700430
Fax: 0039 049 761538
Website: www.minigears.com
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Summary: The gear set is made of two components, the gear and pinion. The pinion gear was particularly challenging as the tooth density is crucial to fulfil the customer requirements. The customer undertakes Gearhead assembly tests for strength and endurance, the two gears are the most critical components. MG miniGears has successfully introduced Powder Metal parts in a well known assembly providing increased durability.
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| Double Bulge Diamond Bead (Components Category-MIM) |
MIMItalia
Via alla Costa 24/a,
17047 Vado Ligure,
Savona, Italy
Phone: 0039 019 2100 089
Fax: 0039 019 2161 574
Webiste: www.mimitalia.com
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Summary: The fabrication of the beads for diamond wires for stone cutting is commonly performed by means of hot pressing, both uniaxially and isostatically, but more and more often by means of the press-and-sinter route. In the former processes the densification of the powders is aided by a pressure applied by a graphite ram or by a inert gas; on the contrary, in the press-and-sinter process densification occurs at low pressure (or vacuum) only because of the effect of temperature. In all cases a preforming of the green bead by means of uniaxial cold pressing is required. A totally new system based on Metal Injection Moulding (MIM) technology has been developed and patented, and a trade mark has been deposited. A new diamond bead with a double bulge profile as been fabricated and tried on a full scale test.
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| Lagerbusche (Components Category-Ferrous & Structural) |
AMES S.A.
Laureà Miró, 388,
08980 Sant Feliu de Llobregat
(Barcelona) SPAIN
Phone: 0034 93 685 5111
Fax: 0034 93 685 4488
Website: www.ames.es
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Summary: The part is assembled in V6-FSI engines of Audi, for A-6 and A-8 models.
The part is making 3 functions in the engine:
1.Driving the vacuum pump. 2.Giving signal to camshaft sensor, in order to measure the camshaft speed and position. 3.Bearing for camshaft.
By means of the ability of Powder Metallurgy for generating complicated shapes, the customer could integrate the 3 functions in one unique part, by designing directly to PM. |
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| Planetary Assembly (Components Category-Ferrous & Structural) |
AMES S.A.
Laureà Miró, 388,
08980 Sant Feliu de Llobregat
(Barcelona) SPAIN
Phone: 0034 93 685 5111
Fax: 0034 93 685 4488
Website: www.ames.es
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Summary: The part is supporting the planetary gears used in the transfer case of 4WD vehicles. In any of the 6 holes, a shaft is fitted, where planetary gears are turning. The part only works when the short speeds are connected. In any other case, the part is turning free with any work. So the part is acting as a speed reduction of the transmission shaft. This part is assembled in the transmissions of the Volkswagen Touareg, and the Porsche Cayenne. Looking at the shape of the part and the dimensional accuracy, the PM technology is offering the customer many economical savings. The design is so compact, so space is saved.
Another advantage of the PM part is the possibility to join parts during sintering. In this case, a sinterbrazing technique is used to join the front and the rear, during sintering, so a joining step is saved. |
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| Transfer Case Sliding Sleeve (Components Category-Ferrous & Structural) |
Sintertech SAS
Les iles cordées,
38113 Veurey-Voroize
Phone: 0033 6 85 72 68 83
Fax: 0033 4 76 53 79 97
Website: www.federalmogul.com
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Summary: This part is used in a transfer case on 4WD SUV's. It combines two main functions: the upper part is a sliding sleeve similar to what could be found in a standard manual transmission and the lower part a ring gear as in an automatic transmission planetary assembly.
This part was traditionally made out of 2 wrought steel forged parts (sliding sleeve and ring gear), with the sleeve press fitted on the ring gear then welded onto it.
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| P/M Sliding Sleeve (Components Category-Ferrous & Structural) |
PMG Füssen GmbH
Hiebelerstr. 4, D-87629 Füssen
Phone: 0049 8362 506 179
Fax: 0049 8362 506 6179
Website: www.pmgsinter.com
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Summary: The P/M sliding sleeve is designed for a synchronizing unit for a 5 speed manual transmission gear box for a light truck with a torque up to 300 Nm
Capability for all requested dimensions is guaranteed by the material and process.
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| MIM Cold Plate (International Category) |
Acelent Technologies
207 Woodlands Ave 9, #06-55, Woodlands Spectrum 2
Singapore 738958
Phone: 0065 6755 0778
Fax: 0065 6755 0776
Website: www.acelent-tech.com
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Summary: This MIM copper cold plate design leverages on the full benefits of MIM process. It has shape complexity capability that gives the designer the maximum flexibility in design concept such as the intricate oval shaped pin geometry of high aspect ratio to provide the optimal thermal performance. The sheer number of small pins, at 279, to be packed within a small confined space, maximizes the overall surface area and hence optimizes the thermal efficiency. In this aspect, it provides the thermal performance of the MIM cold plate an added competitive edge and differentiator over the competitive design of other manufacturing processes.
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| AncorMax 200 (International Category) |
Hoeganaes Corporation
1001 Taylors Lane, Cinnaminson, NJ 08077, USA
Phone: 001 856 829 2220
Website: www.hoeganaes.com
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Summary: AncorMax 200, introduced in Jan 2006, is a specially formulated lubricant-binder system that allows density of 7.5gm/cm3 to 7.58gm/cm3 to be achieved at conventional sintering temperature with minimal capital investment. This product is applicable to all ferrous material sytems. Opens opportunity for powder metal in billion dollar automotive gearing, sprockets, parking brakes etc.
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| Powder Press TPA-HS(Materials & Equipment Category) |
DORST Technologies
Mittenwalder Straße 61, D-82431 Kochel am See
Phone: 0049 8851 188 469
Fax: 0049 8851 188 270
Website: www.dorst.de
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Summary: This is the first generation of CNC multiplaten powder presses without die set, offering utmost flexibility combined with the highest possible precision.
The new TPA - HS press series provides the following benefits:
- Significant reduction of set up times and thus minimized press downtime
- Setting and adjusting of the tool one time only
- Product quality identical from product run to product run
- Tool interchange between presses without program adoption
- Nearly 100 % press capacity utilization
- Option of side compacting and cross hole pressing
- Economically feasible production of short runs.
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| Vancron 40 (Materials & Equipment Category) |
Uddeholm Tooling AB
SE-683 85 HAGFORS, Sweden
Phone: 0046 563 17000
Fax: 0046 563 17451
Website: www.uddeholm.com
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Summary: The development of the new PM tool steel is based on Materials Design using advanced thermodynamic computer calculation (Thermo Calc) methodology. It was envisaged, based on previous experiences, that a martensitic tool steel with a high amount of dispersed, hard carbonitrides, primarily vanadium carbonitrides should have the demanded material and functional properties. It was then possible to calculate the steel composition, which should give the requested amount and composition of the different phases and of the martensitic matrix.
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