Wednesday 24 May 2023
8:30-9:00 Participants admission
9:00-9:20 Welcome and Host presentation Paul Davies – Sandvik Additive Manufacturing 0:20
9:20-9:40 EPMA presentation Bruno Vicenzi – European Powder Metallurgy Association 0:20
9:40-10:00 Self-presentation of participants All 0:20
10:00-10:30 MIM experience with newly developed Water Atomised fine Powder Ralf Carlström – Höganäs AB 0:30
10:30-10:50 Coffee break 0:20
10:50-11:20 Inert gas-atomised metal powders for Metal Injection Moulding (MIM) & Sintered Based Additive Manufacturing (AM) Paul Davies – Sandvik Additive Manufacturing 0:30
11:20-11:50 Mim feedstocks characterization: an overview and a discussion of our results Matteo Perina –  MIMEST srl 0:30
11:50-12:20 Static and cyclic properties of one- and twin-gated MIM-steels with an introduction into fracture mechanics Dennis Wawoczny – GKN Powder Metallurgy Engineering GmbH 0:30
12: 20-13:50 Lunch  1:30
13:50-14:20 Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of FSLA Steel Produced by the Metal Injection Molding Lane Donoho – Advanced Metalworking Practices 0:30
14:20-14:50 Impact of gas guiding and optimal quantities of gas flows during sintering for Metal Injection Moulding (MIM) furnace product line: CFD simulations, customer feedback, improved component quality Maximilian Mungenast – Carbolite Gero GmbH & Co. KG 0:30
14:50-15:20 Sintering kinetics and derived Master Sintering Curves of MIM-Steels and its application in a production environment Dennis Wawoczny – GKN Powder Metallurgy Engineering GmbH 0:30
15:20-15:40 Coffee break 0:20
15:40-16:10 Implementation of advanced calculation tools for optimization of the sintering parameters of Inert-gas atomized metal powder Eleonora Bettini – Sandvik Additive Manufacturing 0:30
16:10-16:30 Recap and end of Day 1 0:20
16:30-18:30 Tour of Sandvik facilities 2:00
19:00 Seminar dinner – Bruksmassen (Sandviken)

Thursday 25 May 2023

Time Title of Presentation Speaker Duration
8:30-9:00 Participants arrival 0:30
9:00-9:30 Using Additive Manufacturing to reduce Time-To-Market for Powder Injection Moulding components René Bult – Formatec 0:30
9:30-10:00 Experiences of high density, high flowability cemented carbide powders in Binderjet Anders Ohlsson – Sandvik Additive Manufacturing 0:30
10:00-10:30 An Examination of MIM and Binder Jet at Parmatech Josh Carroll – Parmatech 0:30
10:30-10:50 Coffee break 0:20
10:50-11:50 Interactive Session 1 : MIM and Sinter-Based AM Moderator – Paul Davies – Sandvik Additive Manufacturing 1:00
11:50-12:50 Interactive Session 2 : Sustainability of MIM Moderator – Sebastian Hein – Fraunhofer IFAM Bremen 1:00
12:50-13:00 Recap and end of seminar 0:10
13:00 Quick lunch (optional)