Richard (Rick) Ricchi, technical specialist, General Motors Corporation (GM), Warren, Michigan, has been selected to receive the Vanguard Award from the Metal Powder Industries Federation (MPIF).

Lockheed Martin has qualified its first complex metal additive manufactured (AM) piece of hardware for spaceflight. The hardware, an omnidirectional antenna for communication relay, has been integrated onto a GPS III satellite.

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Alcoa Wins $5 Million Contract to Make P/M Sheet and Plate
Tews Forms New P/M Parts Business
Mohawk Digests P/M Businesses
Railroad Wheels from Steel Powder
West German Firm Reorganizes P/M Division
United Mineral & Chemical to Sell Carbonyl Iron Powder
Burges-Norton Wins Quality Awards
P/M Parts Made by Slurry Technique
Engineered Sinterings & Plastics to Register P/M Injection Molding Trade Mark
Metallurgical Industries Honors Founder
Clevite Donates P/M Press
Knopp Moves South
Still Time to Enter P/M Design Competition
P /M Design Clinic Scheduled for Chicago
Compacting/Tooling Seminar on May 15-16
International Conference on Hard Materials
MPIF Marketing Program Generating Valuable Sales Leads
P/M Consultants Listing
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The West Penn Chapter of the APMI International held their monthly meeting at Dubois Country Club, attended by 90 industry professionals and sponsored ECM USA.

A team of ORNL researchers used neutron diffraction experiments to study the 3D-printed ACMZ alloy and observed a phenomenon called “load shuffling” that could inform the design of stronger, better-performing lightweight materials for vehicles. Credit: ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, Tennessee, have identified “load shuffling,” a mechanism in a 3D-printed alloy, that could enable the design of enhanced performance lightweight materials for vehicles.