Capstan Atlantic wins award for 7-level rack.
Press Release Summary:
During 2012 Powder Metallurgy Design Excellence Awards Competition, Capstan Atlantic of Wrentham, MA, won appliance category award of distinction for 7-level rack used in an industrial washing machine. Made to density of 6.8 g/cm³, part has sectional density that is kept equal within 0.08 g/cm³. Part has minimum yield strength of 43,000 psi and typical 55,000 psi tensile strength. PM replaced a die-cast part that needed extensive machining.
Original Press Release:
Outstanding Powder Metallurgy Parts Acknowledged
Capstan Atlantic, Wrentham, Massachusetts, won the appliance category award of distinction for a seven-level rack used in an industrial washing machine. Made to a density of 6.8 g/cm3, the part has sectional density that is kept equal within 0.08 g/cm3. The part has a minimum yield strength of 43,000 psi and typical 55,000 psi tensile strength. PM replaced a die-cast part that needed extensive machining.
Winners of the 2012 Powder Metallurgy Design Excellence Awards Competition, sponsored by the Metal Powder Industries Federation (an international trade association for the metal powder producing and consuming industries), were announced at PowderMet2012, the International Conference on Powder Metallurgy & Particulate Materials. Receiving grand prizes and awards of distinction, the winning parts are outstanding examples of PM's precision, performance, complexity, economy, innovation, and sustainability. The winning parts show how customers from around the world are taking advantage of PM's remarkable design advantages.
PM is an automated metalworking process that forms metal powders into precision components used in applications such as auto engines and transmissions, hardware, industrial machinery, sporting goods, defense, and firearms. More than 800 million pounds of PM parts are made annually in North America.
