2ND INTERNATIONAL-CONFERENCE ON SPRAY FORMING

Many of the contributions to ICSF2 suggested that a change in emphasis has taken place since the first conference in 1990. Important develop ments are still being made to the metallurgical and process aspects of spray forming, but these are not longer the only challenges. The need to introduce a 'total technology' approach to capture existing market s from established processes and to generate new ones - proof of rigor ously assessed cost benefits and/or improved properties, quality contr ol, etc. - received considerable attention, often with conflicting con clusions being drawn. Nevertheless, evidence was provided that steady commercial progress is being made, most notably the announcement that the Mazda Eunos 800, launched recently at the Tokyo Motor Show, contai ned a spray formed color rotor part manufactured by Sumitomo Light Met als.