Abstract: Disclosed is a filling shoe device for passing and dispensing powder into a cavity of a powder compaction apparatus for subsequent compacting of the powder, the filling shoe device comprising a filling shoe, the filling shoe comprises an inlet portion for receiving powder into said filling shoe, an outlet portion forming a powder outlet flow channel having an outlet opening for dispensing powder out of said filling shoe into the cavity in said powder compaction apparatus, a meshwork arranged in the powder flow channel across the outlet opening, and wherein the meshwork is non-movably arranged in the outlet portion and wherein the outlet portion is non-movable relative to the filling shoe device.

Abstract: The invention concerns a composition for warm compaction comprising a composition comprising a water-atomised standard stainless steel powder including, in addition to iron and 10-30% by weight of chromium, optional alloying elements and inevitable impurities, 0.8%-2.0% by weight of a warm compaction lubricant.

Abstract: The invention concerns a composition for warm compaction comprising a composition comprising a water-atomised standard stainless steel powder including, in addition to iron and 10-30% by weight of chromium, optional alloying elements and inevitable impurities, 0.8%-2.0% by weight of a warm compaction lubricant.

Abstract: A system and method that enables quick access to large volumes of data on a realtime basis and is totally transparent to application programs that use the data. This is accomplished by placing information extracted from the database into a master file stored in a data storage device and then loaded into memory for access by application programs. When information in the database changes the corresponding information is updated using an incremental file and an index file that are then loaded into memory for access by application programs. The master file, index file and incremental file are linked in such as fashion to enable quick access to data desired.