Jan Tengzelius started his career in powder metallurgy in 1974 when he was employed as development engineer at Höganäs AB. Before that he worked at the Institute for Metals Research in Stockholm after being graduated at the Royal Institute of Technology in the field of metallurgy.
From 1977 until 1983 Jan was in charge of product development at Höganäs AB with focus on high strength sintered steels such as phosphorous alloyed materials and diffusion alloyed powders in the Distaloy family. He was also instrumental in the development of bonded powder mixes and soft magnetic materials.
In 1983 he took over as managing director of the development company Cold Isostatic Pressing Systems. In this position he was responsible for development and technology sales of this forming method primarily for the production of PM cylinder liners.
Future technologies
During the years 1989 – 2006 he was the R&D manager for Höganäs AB followed by some years as technical director for future technologies, a department that lies within the Höganäs AB global development area, with responsibility for development of technologies outside of the company’s existing business areas. He is now acting as an advisor to this department.
During these recent years he contributed to the growth of PM especially by developing metal powders and consolidation methods for highly loaded components, working in close partnership with research organizations, customers and users of PM components. Tengzelius has also headed the development of the soft magnetic composites, designated Somaloy, especially suited for design of electrical motors and generators having low energy losses and high torque.
Jan is a former member of the EPMA council and board and was also active as chairman of the powder metallurgy group of Jernkontoret in Sweden and as a secretary of the ISO TC 119 subcommittee on PM. He is a Kurator at Fraunhofer Institute IFAM and a member of The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences.