The scenario that Europe will experience in the next decades, and is already experiencing, is a transition one.
Europe is in fact undergoing a significant transition, demanding a profound renovation of its industry and society. This “Green Transition” necessitates a shift towards a more sustainable impact on the planet, ensuring a safer environment for humanity. This involves leaner and cleaner processes, responsible consumption, and a prioritization of reuse and recycling. While the carbon footprint is a key indicator, directly linked to the global warming effect, other factors like energy, water, and resource usage must also be addressed. The EU actively fosters innovation in these areas, aspiring to lead this global change.
Mining and industrial processing of raw materials for manufacturing will be crucial in this transition, and Powder Metallurgy (PM) will emerge as a green industry. Its advantages include efficient resource utilization and exceptional flexibility in processing novel and high-performance materials, and as a natural recycling route. We believe PM will play a central role in the coming decades.
Recognizing the importance of this subject, EPMA introduced in 2024 a new training program focused on PM’s contribution to the Green Transition. This involves a series of standalone training webinars, each exploring different aspects of the topic. These webinars are designed to benefit both young engineers and researchers seeking to expand their understanding of PM’s capabilities and applications beyond their current focus, as well as end-users eager to explore the opportunities offered by PM technologies within their respective fields.
We plan to conduct one or more sessions annually, covering diverse topics while acknowledging the potential for revisiting specific subjects in future editions. The training format includes three distinct lectures delivered by invited experts, each focusing on a different topic. Each lecture will be 40 minutes in duration, followed by a dedicated Q&A session. At the conclusion of the training session, an evaluation test (tick box format) will be administered. Subsequently, EPMA will analyse the test results and issue a certificate to each participant, indicating their percentage of achievement. The total duration of the training session is three hours.
The lectures will be recorded and made available for subsequent review by both participants and EPMA members. Furthermore, pdf copies of the slides will be distributed to all participants.
This is the programme of Session 2, that will be running on 20th March 2025:
14:30 – 14:50 Introduction by EPMA
14:50 – 15:35 “Sustainability of Additive Manufacturing”
Benjamin Haller (AM Academy)
(including Q&A)
15:35 – 16:20 “Recycling of Hardmetals”
Teemu Karhumaa (Tikomet Oy / RESQTOOL Project)
(including Q&A)
16:20 – 17:05 “Soft Magnetic Composites”
Dirk Zepp (Höganäs AB)
(including Q&A)
17:05 – 17:25 Test for achievement of learning and subsequent certificate
17:25 – 17:30 Closure
As background knowledge, we require a basic knowledge of powder metallurgy processes (similar to what is obtained after the EPMA PM Summer School) as speakers will not spend time in explaining this background.
The topics of Session 2 are different from those of Session 1, so participants of the 2024 webinar are welcome to join this new training!
To support the organisation of the event, a small participant fee is due:
EPMA members 50 €
Non-members 100 €
Registration deadline: Until 17th March 2025 end of day, CET
Register for the training session today!