Metal Injection Molding (MIM)

Metal injection molding has emerged as a cost-effective way to manufacture high quality parts with increasingly complex geometries. The production process, similar to plastic injection molding, involves injecting a combination of powdered metal and a binding agent into a mold, followed by sending the component through two different furnaces (debinding and sintering) to remove the binding agent and produce the completed part. By controlling different aspects of the sintering and debinding furnace conditions such as gas selection, dew point, temperature and flow rate, the desired carbon concentration can be achieved. As a recognized green technology, metal injection molding has many advantages over other manufacturing processes by minimizing material waste without sacrificing mechanical properties or material selection.