Left to right, Mark Ruddy, Blaine Stebick, Rob Hayes, Andy Shupe, Brian Thisse, and John von Arx accept Grand Prize award
Powder Met2021
Orlando, FL
June 2021
Rob Hayes, VP of Engineering, John von Arx, Director, Sales & Marketing, and Blaine Stebick, VP of Technology and Business Development, Phoenix Sintered Metals LLC, Brockway, Pennsylvania, along with Andy Shupe, Director of Gear Engineering and Brian Thisse, Director of LV Application Engineering, Dana Corporation, and Mark Ruddy, Apex Sales, accepted a Grand Prize Award in the Automotive Chassis Category of the 2021 Powder Metallurgy Design Excellence Awards Competition. The award was given for a stepped planetary gear used in a ridged rear axle gear box for battery electric light commercial vehicles.
They accepted the award for their companies at PowderMet2021: International Conference on Powder Metallurgy & Particulate Materials in Orlando, Florida.
Powder metallurgy (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.
The competition is sponsored annually by the Metal Powder Industries Federation, an international trade association for the metal powder producing and consuming industries.
Stepped Planetary Gear