MIM can produce parts where it is difficult, or even impossible, to efficiently manufacture an item through other means of fabrication. Increased costs for traditional manufacturing methods inherent to part complexity, such as internal/external threads, miniaturization, or identity marking, typically do not increase the cost in a MIM operation due to the flexibility of injection molding.
The window of economic advantage in metal injection molded parts lies in complexity and volume for small-size parts. MIM materials are comparable to metal formed by competing methods, and final products are used in a broad range of industrial, commercial, medical, dental, firearms,aerospace, andautomotiveapplications. Dimensional tolerances of ±0.3% are common and machining is required for closer tolerances .
MIM technology has found increased applications in the commercial world - from home appliances to watches, automobiles to aerospace, and medical to orthodontics.metal injection moulding process custom metal partsMIM prcess in each steps :
1. metal powers option
2. Binders
3. Mixing
4. Molding
5. De-binding
6. Sintering
7. post sintering operation such as polishing
8. Mechanical properties MIM partsCustomized metal parts specification
Planetary gear box , spur gears
Custom metal parts
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