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PM automotive parts earn Design Excellence Awards

The 2006 Powder Metallurgy Design Excellence Awards, sponsored by the Metal Powder Industries Federation (MPIF), recognized makers of automotive engine and transmission parts for demonstrating the benefits of powder metallurgy (PM). Automotive Transmission Grand Prize: Planetary gear carrier Left to right, foreground: Fracture split cam cap, camshaft bearing cap. Background: One-way clutch race and planetary gear carrier. Automotive Engine Award of Distinction: Fracture split cam cap Automotive Engine Grand Prize: Camshaft bearing cap Automotive Transmission Award of Distinction: One-way clutch race A PM aluminum camshaftbearing cap made by Metal Powder Products Company's
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