Why We Choose MIM Technology for Metal

Cost Savings:

· For small, complex parts, metal injection molding is the lower cost alternative.

· The net shape or near net shape process reduces the consumption of raw materials and the need for costly secondary operations.

· Further cost savings are achieved through proper process capability and lean manufacturing initiatives.

Design Flexibility:

· Metal Injection Molding has fewer constraints compared to other metal forming processes.

· The design freedoms of the plastics injection and the die casting worlds are now available for high melt temperature metals such as low alloy steels, stainless steels, nickel super alloys, and other exotic metals.

· Creative solutions that were once put aside due to the limitations in machining and casting are now possible thanks to metal injection molding.

Part Complexity:

· Reduce your part count and assembly costs by combining several existing components into one Metal Injection Molded part.

· Reduce part weight by coring out unnecessary sections. Given MIM’s “additive” nature, part costs drop with part weight. Adding such cored features to a machined part would increase machining time, resulting in higher costs.

Material Usage:

· Unlike machining and casting, MIM produces minimal scrap. The molded feedstock can be reground and recycled without affecting part quality.

· Ideal MIM components usually have a low effective density. Part weight is often much lower than the weight of raw material required to machine the same component from solid.

· The sample part in this picture has an effective density of 33%. In other words, if machined from a solid round bar,67%of the material would need to be removed.

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