2015 International Conference on Powder Metallurgy & Particulate Materials was held from May 16th to May 21th in San Diego, California, USA. Six hundred and fourteen delegates from twenty four countries and regions attended this conference. Postdoc Xiao Chen from School of Mechanical Science and Engineering of our university has a presentation titled “Microstructure and mechanical properties of TiC-based cermets prepared by mechanochemical processing”. A kind of new type tool and mould materials TiC-Ni3Al composite and its preparation method has been reported in this conference. This manufacture technique gave rise to a well bonded interface between TiC and Ni3Al. Consequently, this kind of composite was high densification and has good bending strength, which can be applied in practical cutting processing and heat forming of metals. The session chairman of the conference said that the report was novel and the designed composite has a very good application prospect.
International Conference on Powder Metallurgy & Particulate Materials has been held for over fifty years by Metal Powder Industries Federation, and it has been regarded as high level grand meeting in the field of powder metallurgy, particulate Materials and additive manufacturing. 2015 International Conference on Powder Metallurgy & Particulate Materials was held by Metal Powder Industries Federation and APMI International, and 2015 Additive Manufacturing With Powder Metallurgy Conference at the same time. Delegates from transnational enterprises like Sandvik and Kenna metal as well as world high level institute or university like Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden) and Penn State University attended 2015 International Conference on Powder Metallurgy & Particulate Materials.
Powder metallurgy is a technology to manufacture metal materials, ceramic materials and composites by pressing and sintering process from metal or non-metal powder raw materials. Additive Manufacturing (3D printing) is one type of powder metallurgy technology. Powder metallurgy is one of most important manufacturing technology, and their products include friction products, brake pair, bearings, gear, cutting tools, moulds, super alloy, ferroelectrics, thermoelectric material, and so on. These products are widely used in automobile, equipment manufacturing, metals, aeronautics and astronautics, military industry and electronics industry.
