Originally covering only the ferrous PM industry, the website has since been extended to include the nonferrous PM and MIM sectors.
The online data is fully searchable and outputs can be exported to several well-known FEA packages. Recently, information has been added covering strain-controlled fatigue data displayed in a user-friendly format viewable in tabular and graphic formats.
The GPMD now has over 10,000 registered users from countries all over the world and from a wide range of industrial sectors. Work continues to develop and include new data and new capabilities for the system, which forms an essential information tool for the development of the PM industry.
The database, which is available free of charge to registered users, is a project funded jointly by the world’s three leading regional PM trade associations: the MPIF, EPMA, and the Japan Powder Metallurgy Association (JPMA).
The GPMD was an ambitious and forward-looking project that has in the last ten years shown designers and engineers the wide range and unique properties of materials available through the powder metallurgy process,” said EPMA executive director Jonathan Wroe. “ It is part of a range of support services for customers provided by the PM industry.”
