December 2012

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Powder MetallurgyAssociation of India

Editorial Board:Editorial Board:Editor : P. Ramakrishnan | Members : T. R. Rama Mohan, D. K. Varshney, Dr. Murli Gopal, P. N. S. Sivan, K. S. Samant

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About PM 13

Report of PMSC - 12

Report of APMA

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Company Profile Sintbush (India) Pvt. Ltd.

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th Welcome to the 7 International Conference & Exhibition on Powder thMetallurgy for Automotive & Engineering Industries PM-13 and 39 Annual

Technical Meeting of PMAI at Hyatt Regency Pune, during 7-9. Feb.2013.

The event offers a comprehensive technical programs covering all facets of

Science & Technology of PM. In addition to the informative Trade Exhibition,

Memorial lectures and a special session on Precision and Additive

manufacturing is also planned. Other coverage in this issue include reports

on PMSC-12, at Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Technology, Hyderabad and ththe 4 Asian Powder metallurgy Board meeting held at Yokohama, Japan.

Trans. PMAI., Vol.38, Dec.2012 is being published and is available for

distribution. Congratulations to Sintbush (India) Pvt. Ltd., for their silver

jubilee celebrations and their services to PM & PMAI. We appreciate their

sponsorship of this issue of the newsletter. Happy & prosperous New Year

2013 to all our members of PMAI.

SPECIAL SESSION ON PRECISION & ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

Rapid Manufacturing: A Overview- K.P. Karunakaran, IIT Bombay

Digital Metals H. Söderhjelm– Höganäs.,Sweden and Deepak Grover Hoganas India

Case Studies of Additive Manufacturing in Indian Industries- Mukesh Agarwala, 3DPD, Bangalore

Rapid Manufacturing of Metallic Objects Using DMLS- Prakasam Anand, EoS India, Chennai

Powder Forged Connecting Rods – An Attractive Solution to The Automotive Industry Edmond Ilia, Metaldyne Sintered Components.

It is proposed to give a Ten Minute video presentation slot for Sponsors, Co sponsors and exhibitors in a separate room parallely along with technical sessions in a separate room. For this purpose a

th throom will be allotted and continuous video presentation will go on first two days on 7 and 8 February. Those who want to participate are requested to send CD/DVD in MP4/MPEG-4 format

stpositively before 31 January 2013. All the videos will have to be put in one DVD and be played through PC/ Projector or compatible system for automated playing. So please take care. Timings for the presentations will be displayed prominently for the convenience of those who wish to watch these commercial videos.

PM - BUSINESS SHOWCASE

PMAI - AGM

AGM and Election of the Governing CouncilAn Annual General Meeting of The Powder

thMetallurgy Association of India will be held on 8 February 2013 in the Grand Ball Room, Hotel Hyatt Regency, Pune at 19.15 hrs in the evening. 15 member Governing council of PMAI will be elected.

Deadline to receive the nominations st is 31 of January 2013

For details contact: pmai_pm@yahoo.com

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Powder Metallurgy Association of India

The Powder Metallurgy Short Course 2012 (PMSC-12) was organized by Powder Metallurgy Association of India in association with Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Technology (MGIT),Gandipet, Hyderabad between 19-22 December 2012. The Course Director was Dr. T. R. Rama Mohan and the Convener was Prof. Viplavakumar Jandhyala, MGIT. The four day workshop was attended by more than 130 delegates from engineering industries, research organizations, academic institutions, National Laboratories and defence establishments. The program had delegates from Russia and China, as well. Over the years, PMSC is becoming increasingly international with participation also from outside India. This is the largest Short Term Course conducted by PMAI ever.

The Program was sponsored by Defence Research and Development Organization, Fluidtherm Technology Pvt. Ltd., Metal Power Analytical (I) Pvt. Ltd. The Co-sponsors were National Mineral Development Corportation Ltd., National Metallurgical Laboratories, Prakasa Spectro Cast (P) Ltd., Kalva Engineers Pvt. Ltd, Rachamallu Forgings Pvt. Ltd., Metsonic Engineers, Innomet Powders, Deccan Smiths Pvt. Ltd., Popuri Engineering & Consultancy Servies and Sano High Grade Spectro Castings Pvt. Ltd. The Program Dinner was sponsored by Star Group of Companies. Various levels of support, such as, Kit bags, luncheons, advertisements were provided by ARCI International, DMRL, MIDHANI, NFC, C-MET, Indian Institute of Metals, Hyderabad Chapter, Hoganas, Shivanshu Sintered Products Pvt. Ltd, Swastik Tungsten Pvt. Ltd., Polema JSC, Sintbush (India) Pvt. Ltd., Thermosonic Pvt. Ltd., Metsonic Engineers, Guts Electromech Ltd., Sai Surface Coatings Technologies, Space Age Welding, Mcube Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Sai Deepa Rock Drills Pvt. Ltd, Metatech Equipments (India) Pvt. Ltd., Manjira Machine Builders Pvt. Ltd., Sravanthi Alloy Castings Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore Integrated Systems Solution Pvt. Ltd., Instron and many others.

Shri N. Sai Baba, Chief Executive, Nuclear Fuel Complex Limited, Hyderabad inaugurated the program. as the Chief Guest. Dr. K. Bhanu Sankara Rao, School of Engineering, Science & Technology, University of Hyderabad was the Guest of Honour along with Chief Patron Dr. Kamalakar Reddy (Secretary & Correspondent, Chaitanya Bharaty Educational Trust, CBES). Dr. G. Sundararajan, Director, ARCI-International, Hyderabad has delivered Keynote Address.

The PM Short Course covered all the important areas of Powder Metallurgy and particulate materials technology such as applications of PM components in our everyday life, powder production, characterization, consolidation techniques, sintering theory, furnaces and atmospheres, post sintering operations, ceramics and composite processing and advanced materials for demanding applications, processing and technologies etc. Excellent lectures were also supported by various videos, animations and documentaries.

The faculty and speakers included the leading experts from the field including Mr. N. Chandrachud, GKN Sinter Metals, Pune, Prof. B. S. Murty, IITM, Dr. K. Krishna Rao, Consultant, Hyderabad, Dr. T. L. Prakash, Director, C-MET, Hyderabad, Mr. Sergienko Konstantin, Polema JSC, Tula, Russia, Mr. Babu Golla, Akhilesh Engineering, Hyderabad, Mr. N. Nagarjuna, Hoganas, Dr. T. R. Rama Mohan, Consultant, Mumbai, Mr. N. Gopinanth, MD, Fluidtherm, Chennai, Dr. G. Appa Rao, DMRL, Mr. Bijoy Sarma, Director, Voxtur Composites, Hyderabad, Dr. Murli Gopal Krishnamoorty, Novoken, Mumbai, Mr. R. N. Jayaraj DS, NFC, Hyderabad, Dr. Amitava Chakraborty, DMRL, Dr. Abhoy Kumar, DMRL, Dr. Sanjay Basu, Advisor, Sandvik Asia, Pune, Prof. K. Bhanu Sankara Rao, UoH, Dr. Srikant Joshi, ARCI,

Dr. Anil Kumar, ASL, Dr. T. K. Nandy, DMRL, Dr. Dibyendu Chakraborty, ARCI, Dr. V. Chandrasekaran, ARCI, Dr. Malobika Karanjai, ARCI, Dr. Dachepalli Shetty, NFC.

There was a Cultural Evening on 21st December with scintillating performances of Bharata Natyam by Kumari I. Ambika and Kumari Tejaswini Manogna, which were appreciated by one and all. The panel discussion created lively discussions on industrial issues of PM components by OEMs.

Dr. G. Malakondaiah, Distinguished Scientist and Director, DMRL, Hyderabad has been the Chief Guest for the Valedictory Program on Decemebr 22, 2012. Professor T. Srinivasa Rao, Director, NIT, Warangal, and Sri G. Jagannadham, Former Director, GIKIL, Bosnia-Herzegovina addressed the gathering. The Short Course was concluded with Guru Pooja amid Vedic Chants.

PMAI Congratulates the Team-PMSC-12 for organizing the program very, very successfully under the stewardship of Dr. T. R. Rama Mohan and Prof. J. Viplava Kumar. Thanks are due to MGIT and all the materials fraternity who supported and graced the occasion.

Powder Metallurgy Short Course-2012

A view of the participants Panel Discussion

Release of SouvenirInauguration

Validictory Function

Cultural Program 1 Cultural Program 2

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thReport of 4 APMA Board Meeting thAPMA Board meeting was held on 17 Oct 2012, during PM2012

Powder Metallurgy World Congress at Yokohama, Japan.

Mr. Isamu Kikuchi, President APMA called the meeting to order and all members introduced themselves. Mr. Takashi Saito translated the chair's remarks from Japanese to English and Mr. Yu Yang translated the Chinese delegation remarks from Chinese to English.

Mr. Kazuyoshi Tsunoda, President Japan Powder Metallurgy Association made a report on the on-going PM2012 PM World Congress the highlights of which were that the targets were mostly met (370 papers out of 400 targeted, 664 delegates out of 700 targeted, sold out exhibition- 147 booths taken by 90 Co.s and 3400 exhibition visitors in the 2 days elapsed at the time of the meeting against 3000 expected) but unfortunately JPMA expected to suffer a financial loss due to the high cost of facilities. Mr. Yoo Dong Hahn, President Korean Powder Metallurgy Institute made a report on the 1st APMA International Conference held in Jeju Islands, Korea (organized by the Korean Powder Metallurgy Institute) from Oct 30th to Nov 2, 2011. He reported that there were 156 presentations (2 from India), 215 participants (4 from India) and a surplus of USD approx. 2,500/-. He presented the APMA income and expenditure statement.

Mr. Isamu Kikuchi said the membership fee of APMA was to remain unchanged (at USD 1000/- per year) till the next Board meeting.

The term of Mr. Isamu Kikuchi as President APMA expired and he was re-elected without opposition for an additional term of 2 years till 2014. Prof. Hideshi Miura, presently the Secretary APMA was similarly re-elected.

Ms. Han Wei who spoke on behalf of SATI-PM, China proposed that the next (2nd) APMA international Conference should be held in Xiamen, China. She said that the conference could be scheduled from 4th to 6th Nov, 2013 and concurrent with their local conference to be held from 3rd to 4th and that SATI-PM, a federation of Chinese PM associations would organize the event. Prof. Miura, President Japan Society for Powder Metallurgy pointed out there existed at the present time a feeling of hatred in China towards the Japanese on account of a dispute over an archipelago (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senkaku_Islands). There were violent attacks on Japanese establishments in China and he said that if this continues it may become difficult for the Japanese to attend.

Ms. Wei responded that all present were PM professionals and gathered to promote the science and practice of Powder Metallurgy. They were not in a position to influence the political scenario. She said what they could do was to promote scientific and industrial exchange and their organization (SATI-PM) would do to the best of their ability and hope that the tensions would ease in a short time.

Her reply was well received and the motion to allow SATI-PM to organize (and pay for) the next APMA Conference at Xiamen, China was passed unanimously with APMA secretariat contributing USD 5000/- as 'assistance' funds. Three applications for membership to APMA from those who attended the meeting were received and approved. These were from;

The members were informed that the next World Congress was to return to Asia in 2018 and a venue was to be selected. Members from the SATI-PM delegation asked for China to be announced as the venue, city to be chosen later. Immediate acceptance was not forthcoming and it was decided that the announcement would be made at the conclusion of the next APMA conference at Xiamen, China provided that the conference quality was acceptable.

It was decided that the next APMA Board meeting would be held during the APMA Conference at Xiamen.

Sundry discussions were held on website interlinking, communication between members, translation of Japanese and Korean technical papers into English but the response from different members were mixed and no resolutions were passed.

(Seated, from Left) Mr. Kazunori Arai, Executive Director, Asia PMA Secretariat/ Ms Han Wei, Sr. Advisor, China Iron & Steel Research Institute/ Prof. Wen-Cheng Chang, President, Taiwan PMA/ Prof. Hideshi Miura, President, Japan SPM & Secretary Asia PMA/ Mr. Kazuyoshi Tsunoda, President, Japan PMA/ Mr. Isamu Kikuchi, President, Asia PMA/ Mr. Takashi Saito, Executive Committee Member, Asia PMA/ Mr. Chan Wan Bae, President, Korea PMA/ Mr. N. Gopinath, Vice President, PMA India.

Standing (from Left) Prof. Liu Yong, Standing Director, China PMS/ Ms. Yohko Inoue, Vice Director, Japan SPM Secretariat/ Prof. Xiong Xiang Secretary General, China PMS/ Mr. S. C. Liao, Secretary General, Taiwan PMA/ Mr. Yu Yang, Director, SATI-PM China/ Prof. Wang Chonglin, Director, SATI-PM China/Mr. Leon H.L. Lee, Director, Taiwan PMA/ Mr. C. L. Chu, Director, Taiwan PMA & Asia PMA/ Prof. Jai Sung Lee, Ex. President, Korea PMI & Director, Asia PMA/ Mr. Yoo Dong Hahn, President, Korea PMI/ Prof. Ma Qian, Chairman, PM Australia/ Mr. Kwang Ho Song, Vice President, Korea PMA/ Assistant to Mr. Chan Wan Bae, KPMA / Prof. Mohamed Norhamidi, President, Malaysia PM2A.

· China PMS: represented by Prof. Xiong Xiang, South Central University- Hunan· Powder Metallurgy Association (of the Australian Materials Society), represented by Dr. Ma Qian, Reader, University of Queensland · Malaysia Powder Metallurgy Association (MPMA) represented by Prof. Mohamed Norhamidi, Universiti Kebangsaan, Malaysia.

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