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MPIF announces PM Design Excellence Award winners
- June 14, 2016
- News Release
- Metals/Materials
The Metal Powder Industries Federation (MPIF) has announced the winners of its 2016 Powder Metallurgy (PM) Design Excellence Awards competition.
The grand prize in the automotive-transmission category was awarded to GKN Sinter Metals, Auburn Hills, Mich., for five components—a side gear, two pinion gears, a locking side gear, and a locking plate—comprising a forged PM electronic locking differential gear set made for Ford Motor Co.
The grand prize in the automotive-chassis category went to Keystone Powdered Metal Co., St. Marys, Pa., for seven components—rake cam, left-hand inner cam, retainer guide, right-hand rake teeth, energy-absorbing eccentric strap cam, column-mounting insert teeth, and left-hand rake teeth—made for Nexteer Automotive.
The grand prize in the aerospace/military category was won by Advanced Forming Technology, an ARC Group Worldwide Company, Longmont, Colo., for a front sight base. The MIM-4605 low-alloy steel part is used on the AR-15 rifle.
The grand prize in the medical/dental category was won by Parmatech Corp., Petaluma, Calif., for four stainless steel MIM components—articulation lock bar, articulation connector, articulation drive block, and knife guide—used in an articulating endoscopic surgical device designed for thoracic surgery.
For more information about all the winners and to see photos of the winning entries, visit www.mpif.org/news/press-releases/2016-award-winning-metal-parts.asp.
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