2021

Sandvik will participate at NACE Corrosion 2021. Taking place between April 19-30, the “Ultimate Virtual Experience” is the world’s largest conference and exposition that aims to unite different corrosion industries across the globe.

Sandvik has been driving the materials evolution for duplex steels for decades, continuously launching new alloys with improved performance and properties. Super-duplex stainless steels – or SDSS – are known for their excellent corrosion and mechanical properties and are, as a result, widely used in corrosive environments such as offshore applications.

Sandvik has participated in the Vinnova funded AMCO project, coordinated by Swerim, alongside Alfa Laval, Quintus Technologies and Jernkontoret – to increase the understanding of corrosion mechanisms and the corrosion properties of additively manufactured components in various environments. The knowledge gained throughout the project will be used to develop guidelines to measure corrosion resistance of AM materials, in order to support end-users in their choices to introduce AM stainless steel products.

Nikhil Dixit, Application Engineer at Sandvik Additive Manufacturing, will participate at Corrosion 2021, presenting the results of the AMCO project on April 30 at 16.30/4.30 PM CET.

“I am very excited to finally unveil the results of our joint labor at NACE. Sandvik’s Osprey^® 2507 metal powder is produced in-house by the VIGA process, and was consolidated via laser-powder bed fusion (LBPF) processing. Subsequent heat treatments were then performed, using either conventional heat treatment or hot isostatic pressing (HIP), with different cooling rates. The results show that additively manufactured SDSS has excellent potential to be used in offshore applications – where I believe it can be truly game changing”, Dixit comments.

View the full program and register to join NACE Corrosion 2021

Presenter

Nikhil Dixit, Application Engineer, Sandvik Additive Manufacturing
“Microstructural and Corrosion studies of super-duplex stainless steels produced via additive manufacturing”

Co-authors:
Peter Harlin, Sandvik Additive Manufacturing
Anna Delblanc, Sandvik Materials Technology
Nuria Fuertes, Swerim
Sara Munktell, Swerim
James Shipley, Quintus Technologies
Fredrik Falkenberg, Alfa Laval
Rachel Pettersson, Jernkontoret

Sandvik will be presenting at PowderMet 2021 – the leading North American technical conference on powder metallurgy and particulate materials.

Described as a “hub for technology transfer for professionals from every part of the industry”, PowderMet 2021 is conducted as a hybrid event in order to provide an opportunity for its participants to present their work and advance their knowledge regardless of travel restrictions. All recorded presentations will also be available on-demand – meaning registrants will no longer need to try and be in two places at once.

With nearly two centuries of materials expertise and well over 45 years’ experience from gas atomizing metal powders, Sandvik offers up the widest range of metal powders on the market under the Osprey^® brand. Leandro Feitosa, PhD, is an Engineer in Powder Technology at Sandvik Additive Manufacturing:

“I very much look forward to participating in PowderMet 2021, where I’ll be speaking of the effect of atomization method and post-processing treatments on the microstructure and mechanical properties of one of our titanium alloys manufactured by laser powder bed fusion”, Dr. Feitosa comments.

Also representing Sandvik Additive Manufacturing at the hybrid event are Paul Davies, PhD, and Technical Solutions Manager, as well as Faraz Deirmina, PhD, and Senior R&D Engineer. Dr. Deirmina will present his work on the effects of heat treatment on mechanical properties of ultra-high strength maraging steels fabricated by additive manufacturing, while Dr. Davies is participating in the Alan Lawley Symposium’s atomizing session, sharing insights on the evolution of gas atomizing for advanced manufacturing processes.

“PowderMet provides an important opportunity of knowledge-sharing and networking. While we are starting to see some light at the end of this pandemic tunnel, I applaud the initiative of pivoting the event into this hybrid format; allowing for as many presenters as possible to partake and share the very latest in powder metallurgy – no matter their physical whereabouts and local restrictions”, Dr. Davies concludes.

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Presenters

Leandro Feitosa, PhD, R&D Engineer Powder Technology, Sandvik Additive Manufacturing
Dr. Leandro Feitosa is a materials scientist and engineer with vast experience and knowledge in the materials technology, research, and metallurgy. He concluded his PhD at the University of Leicester in 2018, with a focus on developing new materials for high-temperature applications such as gas turbines for aircraft engines, via additive manufacturing and powder metallurgy processing methods.

Paul Davies, PhD, Technical Solutions Manager, Sandvik Additive Manufacturing
Paul Davies studied physics at Swansea University, Wales, U.K., and completed a PhD in the field of Material Science. He has five years’ experience working in the steel industry in the automotive and defense sectors and has been with Sandvik for more than 14 years. He specializes in powder metallurgy, with a particular focus on Metal Injection Molding and Additive Manufacturing.

Faraz Deirmina, PhD, Senior R&D Engineer, Sandvik Additive Manufacturing
Faraz Deirmina holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from Università degli Studi di Trento, and substantial experience from the metal industry. With a skill set ranging from tribology to steel- and powder metallurgy, Faraz' recent focus has been directed toward powder alloy design for additive manufacturing (AM), heat treatment of AM tool steels, and maraging steels.

The Euro PM 2021 Virtual Congress & Exhibition, is organized by the European Powder Metallurgy Association (EPMA) and will be held online for the second year from 18th to 22nd October 2021.

The Euro PM2021 event is the principle European platform for the powder metallurgy community with a series of plenary, keynote, technical oral & poster presentations, as well as Special Interest Sessions. This year Sandvik Additive Manufacturing will be providing more presentations than at any other powder metallurgy event, covering the material properties of Laser-Powder Bed Fusion processed super-duplex stainless steel and cobalt-free maraging steels. Contributions to the Special Interest Seminar on Sustainability of Metal Injection Moulding (MIM) and Sinter-based Additive Manufacturing. And finally, a novel light-weight, nickel-free austenitic stainless-steel material designed for MIM, will be launched in collaboration with BASF GmbH.

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Presenters

Paul A Davies, PhD, Technical Solutions Manager, Sandvik Additive Manufacturing
Presenting ”Special Interest Session: Comparison of Laser Powder Bed Fusion, Binder Jet & MIM for Stainless Steel Alloys” and ”Special Interest Session: Sustainability of Inert Gas Atomised Powders for Additive Manufacturing and MIM”.

Paul Davies studied physics at Swansea University, Wales, U.K., and completed a PhD in the field of Material Science. He has five years’ experience working in the steel industry in the automotive and defense sectors and has been with Sandvik for more than 14 years. He specializes in powder metallurgy, with a particular focus on Metal Injection Molding and Additive Manufacturing.

The Metal Additive Manufacturing Conference 2021 (MAMC 2021), in its fourth edition, is organized by the Austrian Society for Metallurgy and Materials (ASMET) and will be held in Wirtschaftskammer Österreich, Vienna in Austria on 3rd to 5th November.

Providing industrial perspectives in metal additive manufacturing and a forum for decision-makers, engineers, developers, industry experts, scientists and students, led by a prominent scientific committee from the Austrian universities of Örebro and technical Universities of Vienna & Graz. Leading industry plenary speakers will cover a wide range of fields related to Additive Manufacturing from automotive, medical and aerospace applications, with a strong focus on metal powder-based processes. Sandvik Additive Manufacturing will be contributing three presentations focusing on the material properties of Laser-Powder Bed Fusion-processed alloy 625, hot-work tool and maraging steels, including fatigue resistance.

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Presenters

Leandro Feitosa, PhD, R&D Engineer Powder Technology, Sandvik Additive Manufacturing
Presenting “Microstructure and Mechanical Performance of Sandvik Osprey® Inconel 625 Produced via Laser Powder Bed Fusion”.

Dr. Leandro Feitosa is a materials scientist and engineer with vast experience and knowledge in the materials technology, research, and metallurgy. He concluded his PhD at the University of Leicester in 2018, with a focus on developing new materials for high-temperature applications such as gas turbines for aircraft engines, via additive manufacturing and powder metallurgy processing methods.

Paul A Davies, PhD, Technical Solutions Manager, Sandvik Additive Manufacturing
Presenting ”Effect of Post-processing Thermal Treatments on Fatigue Resistance of Additively Manufactured 18Ni300 Maraging Steel” and ”Production and Characterization of a Hot Work Tool Steel y Additive Manufacturing”.

Paul Davies studied physics at Swansea University, Wales, U.K., and completed a PhD in the field of Material Science. He has five years’ experience working in the steel industry in the automotive and defense sectors and has been with Sandvik for more than 14 years. He specializes in powder metallurgy, with a particular focus on Metal Injection Molding and Additive Manufacturing.

The Swiss-Swedish Innovation Initiative (SWII) is an industrial R&D partnering program, aiming to increase high-technology R&D projects between Sweden and Switzerland. This year's theme is "Additive Manufacturing & Lightweight Technologies" and the event will be held in Neuchatel, Switzerland.

Collaboration is key for fostering a better technology adaption. Sandvik and m4m Center work together in leveraging their additive manufacturing capabilities for new development projects. At SWII 2021 Sandvik and m4m Center will give a presentation providing examples from the medical industry, showing the importance of collaboration between both companies, to provide optimized solutions.

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Presenters

Paul A Davies, PhD, Technical Solutions Manager, Sandvik Additive Manufacturing
Presenting ”Additive manufacturing capabilities for collaboration and technology transfers" with Nicolas Bouduban, CEO of m4m Center.

Paul Davies studied physics at Swansea University, Wales, U.K., and completed a PhD in the field of Material Science. He has five years’ experience working in the steel industry in the automotive and defense sectors and has been with Sandvik for more than 14 years. He specializes in powder metallurgy, with a particular focus on Metal Injection Molding and Additive Manufacturing.

FORMNEXT 2021, the preeminent Additive Manufacturing global event of the year, will be returning as a physical meeting place in Frankfurt from 16th to 19th November.

Sandvik and the BEAMIT Group – now also including 3T Additive Manufacturing – return to Frankfurt for the world-leading additive manufacturing event of Formnext 2021. On site in Germany, the companies will showcase the latest news from their joint offering along the additive value chain, made even stronger by the latest acquisitions, product releases, and further increases in metal powder capacity.

For further information about Sandvik’s presence at Formnext 2021, please visit our Formnext website.