‘Powder metallurgy in stormy times’ is the motto of this year’s Hagen Symposium in Germany. Like a sailing ship in a stormy ocean, the powder metallurgy industry is also experiencing turbulent times. The world has been characterised by numerous changes and challenges for a number of years now and continues to be so; climate change, political unrest and technological progress are just some of the waves that need to be dealt with. But much like a sailing ship faces the challenges of the storm, powder metallurgy, with its dedicated, creative minds and many tools, has the ability to adapt, evolve and utilise the conditions of the environment to move forward.

The 42nd Hagen Symposium, which will take place on 28/29 November 2024 in the Townhall of Hagen, Germany, will look back from the past to topics in the current turbulent times that have the potential to put powder metallurgy on a stable course for the future and keep it there – on the basis of great experience, with a lot of creativity and the courage to innovate.

The lecture programme covers a wide range of topics and offers the audience the opportunity to learn about new developments in the various areas of powder metallurgy and the underlying trends in the economic environment. In the field of hard metals, the 100-year history will be looked back on, but new developments involving modern tools such as simulation will also be presented.Other topical issues will be addressed and highlighted at this year’s Hagen symposium.These include, in particular, the topics of energy transition, raw material shortages and artificial intelligence, which will be addressed in interesting contributions along the process chain from powder to component.New technologies and manufacturing options such as electro-sintering forging (FAST-ESF) and new aspects of additive manufacturing will also feature in this year’s programme. There will also be contributions on important, traditional and promising materials such as magnetic materials as well as materials for medical technology and the mobility sector, which are produced using powder metallurgy and show part of the current and future diversity of powder metallurgy. The Hagen Symposium is thus once again proving to be a central element of the powder metallurgy industry in terms of the exchange of ideas on exciting topics and the start of new developments.

This year’s honour oft he SKAUPY lecture will be given to Prof. Dr. Martin Bram from Forschungszentrum Jülich. As part of his energy research, he will be focussing on material synthesis and manufacturing processes based on metal powders. This field of application is another topic that is highly relevant for the future of powder metallurgy and provides promising approaches for new developments.

Traditionally, this year’s symposium will once again be complemented by an exhibition of companies and institutions active in the field of powder metallurgy. A new feature of this year’s Hagen Symposium will be the poster-session by our young researchers, in which they will present their research work. These posters will not only be on display as part of the exhibition. Selected posters will be presented to the auditorium in a short presentation. The exhibition will also be complemented by the poster presentation of the expert groups of the PM Joint Committee, which will present themselves to the entire audience.

Conference Programme

SKAUPY lecture

• Applications of powder metallurgy in electrolytic cells, M. Bram

Lectures

• Critical raw materials in powder metallurgy, M. Liesegang
• Powder production for special PM products, M. Dopler
• Resource-efficient high-performance permanent magnets for electromobility and wind power, O. Gutfleisch
• Thermomechanical alignment in NdFeB magnet production compared to powder alignment in the classic sintering process, M. Krengel
• New possibilities in powder metallurgy with FAST-ESF, A. Zeller
• Between digital shadow and digital twin: Simulation and Artificial Intelligence in Powder Metallurgy, O. Schenk
• On the fracture mechanics of PM components, M. Schneider
• 100 years of carbide – a review, H. Danninger
• Challenges in the development of new carbides, J. L. Garcia
• Simulation of hard metals – processes and properties, J. Pötschke
• Towards the reutilisation of refractory metals for medical imaging, M. Mark
• Utilisation of diffusion anomalies for efficient sintering of MIM and additively manufactured Ti6Al4V components, F. Gerdts
• Influence of the beam profile on productivity and process stability in powder bed based laser beam melting, D. Herzog
• Aluminium-based high-performance materials for tribological applications, J. Trapp

Poster presentations

• Hardmetal components produced by binder jetting with alternative material composition, C. Berger
• Field-assisted sintered MAX phase composites with adjustablecoefficient of thermal expansion as tools for precision glass moulding, G. Gertlowski
• Grinding of cemented carbide with significantly increased cutting speed, U. Hensler
• Additive Manufacturing: From Powder to Product, A. Holzer
• Porous metal structures – diversity in production, properties and application, J. Hüttl
• Micromachining of cemented carbides Process and tool development for machining cemented carbides, P. J. Jäckel
• Densification and Austenitization of Recycled Tool Steel Swarf via Field Assisted Sintering, M. Keszler
• Modification of AlTiN-PVD coatings on WC-Co cemented carbides for machining of stainless steels, C. Midl
• Numerical simulation of microscopic crack networks in coated cemented carbide tools under thermomechanical loading, U. Suri

Trade Exhibition

ALD Vacuum Technologies GmbH, Hanau

Bodycote Specialist Technologies Deutschland GmbH,   Haag-Winden

Dorst Technologies GmbH & Co. KG, Kochel am See

ECKA Granules Germany GmbH, Velden

ECM Technologies, Grenoble/Frankreich

Emery Oleochemicals GmbH, Loxstedt

Engineered Pressure Systems Int. – EPSI N.V., Temse/Belgien

European Powder Metallurgy – EPMA, Chantilly/Frankreich

EROWA AG, Büron/Schweiz

Fraunhofer-Institut für Fertigungstechnik u. Angewandte  Materialforschung – IFAM, Bremen, Dresden

Fraunhofer-Institut für Keramische Technologien und  Systeme – IKTS, Dresden

FREY & Co. GmbH, Lenggries

GF Machining Solutions AG – TU System 3R, International AB, Vällingby/Schweden

Institut Dr. Förster GmbH & Co. KG, Reutlingen

INTECO melting and casting technologies GmbH, Bruck a.d. Mur/Österreich

Isostatic Pressure Solutions BV, Temse/Belgien

KB Prüftechnik GmbH, Hochdorf-Assenheim

Leybold GmbH, Köln

Maschinenfabrik Lauffer GmbH + Co. KG, Horb a.N.

Microtrac Retsch GmbH, Haan

MIM-(Metallpulverspritzguss) Expertenkreis, Bremen

MUT Advanced Heating GmbH, Jena

NETZSCH-Gerätebau GmbH, Selb

Osterwalder AG, Lyss/Schweiz

Pfeiffer Vacuum GmbH, Asslar

PMCtec GmbH, Leun

PVA Industrial Vacuum Systems GmbH, Wettenberg

RWTH Aachen, Institut für Werkstoffanwendungen im Maschinenbau – IWM, Aachen

SACMI IMOLA S.C., Imola/Italien

Schmidt + Clemens GmbH & Co. KG, Lindlar

Schuster Maschinenbau GmbH, Denklingen

Siemens Industry Software GmbH, Erlangen

Technische Universität Dortmund, Institut für Spanende Fertigung – ISF, Dortmund

TISOMA Anlagenbau und Vorrichtungen GmbH, Barchfeld-Immelborn

WPX Faserkeramik GmbH, Troisdorf

W.S. Werkstoff Service GmbH, Essen

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