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As a leader in metal injection molding for the last 20 years, we know a thing or two about the design process. Our quick guide walks you through design recommendations, typical attributes and material properties.
It’s no secret that a significant portion of America’s metal casting and forging business has transitioned to low-cost manufacturing locations over the past few decades. What was once a bread-and-butter economic engine spread across major portions of the United States has now transitioned, insignificant and strategic ways, to areas like China and India. The latest statistics suggest that in 2020 China produced over 51.9 million metric tons of castings while India contributed over 11.3 million metric tons.
When a leading dental OEM envisioned a new type of dental surgical system, they recognized that a key component would present a significant manufacturability challenge. The new system needed a disposable metal guide tube to precisely control high-pressure water spray. The guide tube would be extremely small, with complex features and stringent dimensional tolerances. It also needed to be manufactured in high volume at a specific cost point. To learn more about how APP helped to create this important dental component, fill out the form on this page to download this white paper.
Binder jet 3D metal printing is an additive manufacturing (AM) process that can be used to rapidly produce prototype components, allowing engineers to test their designs quicker than ever before. The MIM process and the binder jet 3D metal printing process share many similarities and complement each other as component manufacturing technologies. In this article, the technologies are discussed together. The purpose is to understand where each one fits, and how one technology can assist to accelerate adoption of the other. Topics discussed include pow-der types, distortion during sintering, unique capabilities of each method, process development acceleration, and shared capital equipment.
Development, Engineering, and Production of Precision Metal Components using Metal Injection Molding (MIM).
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As a leader in metal injection molding for the last 20 years, we pride ourselves on our material expertise. This guide walks you through typical material properties. Need help choosing the best option? Let our application experts take a closer took.
As a leader in metal injection molding for the last 20 years, we pride ourselves on our material expertise. This guide walks you through typical material properties for MIM low-alloy steels. Low-alloy steels exhibit superior mechanical properties to plain carbon steels due to the addition of alloying elements. MIM low-carbon steels can achieve higher densities and greater mechanical properties over castings. Need help choosing the best option? Let our application experts take a closer look.
As a leader in metal injection molding for the last 20 years, we pride ourselves on our material expertise. This guide walks you through typical material properties for MIM Tool Steels. Tool steels are a family of steels that contain dispersed carbides in a hardened steel matrix. These steels are used in high impact, metal cutting, and many other hot and cold wear applications. Need help choosing the best option? Let our application experts take a closer look.
As a leader in metal injection molding for the last 20 years, we pride ourselves on our material expertise. This guide walks you through typical material properties for Bioimplantable Alloys. Bioimplantable Alloys are a family of Cobalt-chromium alloys commonly used for the implantation of MIM components in the medical device and orthopedic industry. Need help choosing the best option? Let our application experts take a closer look.
Powder injection molding (PIM) is a process that allows the formation of net shape or near-net shape parts at a reduced manufacturing cost as compared to machining and at a higher precision level than other forming technologies such as casting. Example PIM parts are shown in Figure 1. However, the process is fairly complicated, requiring knowledge from various disciplines to ensure that quality product is manufactured. Knowledge of powder handling, powder sintering, injection molding, powder/polymer rheology, polymer degradation, metallurgy, etc. must be understood and used to ensure a stable processand a quality product
Metal injection molding of gas- and water-atomized Co-28Cr6Mo powders is evaluated. Sintering is conducted in different atmospheres to evaluate their effects on sintering response and carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen contents. The effects of hot isostatic pressing and heat treat on the mechanical properties are investigated. Properties are correlated to the interstitial content and microstructure. Optimized processing gives mechanical properties that exceed ASTM requirements for cast and wrought Co-28Cr-6Mo.
Stainless steel 316L MIM components can be made from either prealloyed powders or from master alloys blended with carbonyl iron powder. In this study these two techniques were compared using prealloyed and master alloyed gas atomised powders of 216 mm and 222 mm sizes
Compare MIM vs Printalloy® 17-4PH properties. Discover fast, cost-effective solutions for complex metal components in manufacturing.
This study has examined the effects of nickel alloying additions on the microstructural characteristics and mechanical properties of Fe–xNi–0.85Mo–0.4C-base steels that were powder processed using double-press double-sinter processing to maximize density. The steels were examined in the as-processed condition as well as in a quench-and-temper heat treated condition. Tensile behavior indicates that while nickel content (at levels of 2,4, and 6%) increased tensile strength in the as-sintered condition, it did not significantly affect tensile strength in the quenched and tempered condition. In both conditions increasing Ni content decreased elongation to fracture. The 4% Ni steel, which tended to have the smallest maximum pore size, also exhibited the greatest fatigue strength
APP produces low alloy steels that meet the metallurgical properties of MPIF Standard 35 for metal injection molding. We recommend different alloys for different applications. This whitepaper compares MIM 4605 with MIM 4140 at two different heat treat conditions.
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Advanced Powder Products, Inc (APP) produces metal components made by metal injection molding (MIM) and 3D printing of MIM powders (Printalloy®). In this whitepaper, APP has evaluated and compared surface finish and its impact on the mechanical properties of 17-4PHSS tensile bars made by both MIM and 3D printing of MIM powders (Printalloy®). MIM is a process that has been characterized extensively and the mechanical properties are documented in MPIF Standard 35.
Two material powder injection molding (PIM) is a recently developed method to manufacture functionally graded components. This paper describes an experimental technique to determine the suitability of two materials to be combined via PIM. This is accomplished by comparing the individual shrinkage versus temperature behavior of the candidate systems. The concepts are validated by two material PIM, sintering, and subsequent microstructural observation. Two materials are compatible for two material powder injection molding provided they form a metallurgical bond and the sintering response of one material mimics the other. An extensive difference in sintering shrinkage, especially during the initial stage of sintering, results in defects such as cracks and delamination. Success of these concepts is elucidated by two material PIM of tool steel and boron doped austenitic stainless steel. 2003 Kluwer Academic Publishers
A defect-free, two-material component can be obtained via co-sintering by suitably altering the powder characteristics or compositions, as demonstrated in Part I. In this paper, a model to ascertain the suitability of material systems to be co-sintered without defects such as delamination or interface pores is presented. The model is based on the management of the stress induced due to the difference in shrinkage and an analysis of the in situ strength of the weaker material during sintering.
Porous 316L stainless steel structures have been fabricated via metal injection molding (MIM) for both water- and gas-atomized powders. The metal injection molding process offers the unique ability to produce net-shape parts with homogenous porosity, pore structure, and permeability.
Micro Metal Injection Molding (Micro MIM), a sub-set of Powder Injection Molding (PIM), is a groundbreaking process that produces micro components using metal feedstocks. This technology bridges the gap between traditional machining and the demands of miniaturization in various industries, especially in medical engineering. Micro MIM allows for the mass production of complex micro-sized components with precision and efficiency.
