Metal Conversations is a podcast by Michael Pfeifer from Industrial Metallurgists, LLC. He talks about metallurgy and metals engineering as they apply to product design and manufacturing. This covers many different areas since considerations about the metals used in products includes alloy selection, supplier selection, manufacturing process development, and fixing quality problems, just to name a few.
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In this episode Michael Pfeifer discusses metal fatigue. Fatigue is a common component failure mechanism that involves localized, permanent damage to metals exposed to cyclic stress.
This episode is a companion to several articles and resources on the Industrial Metallurgists, LLC website
Prevent product delays: design to prevent fatigue (https://www.imetllc.com/prevent-product-delays-design-to-prevent-fatigue/)
Fatigue (https://www.imetllc.com/fatigue/)
Improving Fatigue Resistance (https://www.imetllc.com/improving-fatigue-resistance/)
Preventing Metal Fatigue (https://www.imetllc.com/product/preventing-metal-fatigue-video/)
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Michael Pfeifer, Ph.D., PE is a metallurgist and metals engineer at Industrial Metallurgists, LLC. Industrial Metallurgists offers metallurgy consulting (https://www.imetllc.com/metallurgy-consulting/) and metallurgy training (https://www.imetllc.com/metallurgy-courses/) to 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/ (https://www.imetllc.com/about/)
3 Jun 2026
28 Re-introduction
In this episode Michael discusses his return to podcasting and gives re-introduces himself, his engineering pursuits and perspective, and what he'll be discussing in the future.
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Michael Pfeifer, Ph.D., PE is a metallurgist and metals engineer at Industrial Metallurgists, LLC. Industrial Metallurgists offer metallurgy consulting (https://www.imetllc.com/metallurgy-consulting/) and metallurgy training (https://www.imetllc.com/metallurgy-courses/) to 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/ (https://www.imetllc.com/about/)
31 May 2024
27 Metal Annealing
in this episode, Michael Pfeifer discusses the recrystallization anneal process and confusion regarding the use of the term anneal.
To learn more about recrystallization annealing check out this video (https://youtu.be/ewb_xlgRt2Q) and article (https://www.imetllc.com/metal-annealing/).
https://youtu.be/ewb_xlgRt2Q (https://youtu.be/ewb_xlgRt2Q)
https://www.imetllc.com/metal-annealing/ (https://www.imetllc.com/metal-annealing/)
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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/ (https://www.imetllc.com/about/)
Industrial Metallurgists offer metallurgy and metals engineering consulting and training. The
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