Winners of the 2010 PM Design Excellence Awards Competition, sponsored by the Metal Powder Industries Federation, were announced at PowderMet2010. As in previous years, the MIM sector scooped some of the key awards.Stainless steel hunting arrow tip: Smith Metal Products, Lindstrom, MN, USA, received the Grand Prize in the Hand Tools/Recreation Category for a 17-4 PH stainless steel hunting arrow tip (Fig. 1), called a shuttle T-lock broadhead, made by MIM for Trophy Taker, Inc., Plains, MT, USA. Formed to a final density of 7.6g cm3, the unusual shape extends the design engineering advances of the MIM process.
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