Metal Conversations Michael Pfeifer

In this episode I discuss residual stress in metals

 See this blog post on residual stress to learn more about residual stress https://www.imetllc.com/residual-stress-in-metals/

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Michael Pfeifer, Ph.D., PE is a metallurgist and metals engineer. He works with design and manufacturing clients to help with


Component materials selection
Manufacturing process development
Supplier evaluation
Failure analysis and root cause analysis

He received a B.S. and M.S. in Metallurgical Engineering from University of Illinois and a Ph.D. in Materials Science and
Engineering  from  Northwestern University. He is a Professional
Engineer, licensed in Illinois.


He wrote a book - Materials Enabled  Designs. It teaches how to select materials that optimize product  performance, reliability, and  cost.

For more information about Michael go to ⁠⁠https://www.imetllc.com/about/⁠⁠

Industrial Metallurgists offer metallurgy and metals engineering consulting and training. The training is geared to design, manufacturing, and quality engineers. More information about Industrial Metallurgists' services and training is at https://www.imetllc.com/

In this episode I discuss five key metallurgy concepts that apply to all metals and are necessary to understand to be able to apply metallurgy to


Produce stock metal
Design and fabricate low-cost, reliable components.
Figure out the root cause of component failures and production quality problems.

See this blog post on the five concepts to learn more https://www.imetllc.com/five-key-metallurgy-concepts/



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Michael Pfeifer, Ph.D., PE is a metallurgist and metals engineer. He works with design and manufacturing clients to help with


Component materials selection
Manufacturing process development
Supplier evaluation
Failure analysis and root cause analysis

He received a B.S. and M.S. in Metallurgical Engineering from University of Illinois and a Ph.D. in Materials Science and
Engineering  from  Northwestern University. He is a Professional
Engineer, licensed in Illinois.


He wrote a book - Materials Enabled  Designs. It teaches how to select materials that optimize product  performance, reliability, and  cost.

For more information about Michael go to ⁠https://www.imetllc.com/about/⁠

Industrial Metallurgists offer metallurgy and metals engineering
consulting and training. The training is geared to design,
manufacturing, and quality engineers. More information about Industrial Metallurgists' services and training is at https://www.imetllc.com/

In this episode I discuss the two fundamental principles that are the foundation of metallurgy and metals engineering. See this blog post to learn more https://www.imetllc.com/two-fundamental-metallurgy-principles/



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Michael Pfeifer, Ph.D., PE is a metallurgist and metals engineer. He works with design and manufacturing clients to help with


Component materials selection
Manufacturing process development
Supplier evaluation
Failure analysis and root cause analysis

He received a B.S. and M.S. in Metallurgical Engineering from University of Illinois and a Ph.D. in Materials Science and
Engineering  from  Northwestern University. He is a Professional
Engineer, licensed in Illinois.
He's wrote a book - Materials Enabled  Designs. It teaches how to select materials that optimize product  performance, reliability, and  cost.

For more information about Michael go to https://www.imetllc.com/about/

Industrial Metallurgists offer metallurgy and metals engineering
consulting and training. The training is geared to design,
manufacturing, and quality engineers. More information about Industrial Metallurgists' services and training is at https://www.imetllc.com/

In this episode I discuss the hydrogen embrittlement mechanism and the engineering steps needed to prevent hydrogen embrittlement of steel fasteners.

See our blog post on hydrogen embrittlement to learn more https://www.imetllc.com/steel-hydrogen-embrittlement/



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Michael Pfeifer, Ph.D., PE is a metallurgist and metals engineer. He works with design and manufacturing clients to help with


Component materials selection
Manufacturing process development
Supplier evaluation
Failure analysis and root cause analysis

He received a B.S. and M.S. in Metallurgical Engineering from University of Illinois and a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering  from  Northwestern University. He is a Professional Engineer, licensed in Illinois.
He's wrote a book - Materials Enabled  Designs. It teaches how to select
materials that optimize product  performance, reliability, and  cost.

For more information about Michael go to https://www.imetllc.com/about/

Industrial Metallurgists offer metallurgy and metals engineering consulting and training. The training is geared to design, manufacturing, and quality engineers. More information about Industrial Metallurgists' services and training is at https://www.imetllc.com/

In this episode I discuss a lesson I learned from boxing – being purposeful - and how it applies to engineering (and probably other disciplines) and other aspects of life.



Check out my articles on the Industrial Metallurgists website https://www.imetllc.com/.

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Michael Pfeifer, Ph.D., PE is a metallurgist and metals engineer. He works with design and manufacturing clients to help with


Component materials selection
Manufacturing process development
Supplier evaluation
Failure analysis and root cause analysis

He received a B.S. and M.S. in Metallurgical Engineering
from University of Illinois and a Ph.D. in Materials Science and
Engineering  from  Northwestern University. He is a Professional
Engineer, licensed in Illinois.
He's wrote a book - Materials Enabled  Designs. It teaches how to select
materials that optimize product  performance, reliability, and  cost.

For more information about Michael go to https://www.imetllc.com/about/

Industrial Metallurgists offer metallurgy and metals engineering
consulting and training. The training is geared to design,
manufacturing, and quality engineers. More information about Industrial
Metallurgists' services and training is at https://www.imetllc.com/

In this episode I discuss another failure analysis project I worked on - an equipment reliability problem. This example demonstrates how failure analysis is applied to improve reliability.

I also discuss my motivation for working on failure analyses.

This episode is a complement to articles and podcasts available on
the Industrial Metallurgists website https://www.imetllc.com/.

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Michael Pfeifer, Ph.D., PE is a metallurgist and metals engineer. He works with design and manufacturing clients to help with


Component materials selection
Manufacturing process development
Supplier evaluation
Failure analysis and root cause analysis

He received a B.S. and M.S. in Metallurgical Engineering
from University of Illinois and a Ph.D. in Materials Science and
Engineering  from  Northwestern University. He is a Professional
Engineer, licensed in Illinois.
He's wrote a book - Materials Enabled  Designs. It teaches how to select
materials that optimize product  performance, reliability, and  cost.

For more information about Michael go to https://www.imetllc.com/about/

Industrial Metallurgists offer metallurgy and metals engineering
consulting and training. The training is geared to design,
manufacturing, and quality engineers. More information about Industrial
Metallurgists' services and training is at https://www.imetllc.com/