Mim Metal Injection Molding

The metal injection molding mim process starts with the compounding or feedstock preparation process.

Mim metal injection molding.

Fine metal powder less than 20µ particle size is blended with thermoplastic and wax binders in precise amounts. Metal injection molding mim merges two established technologies plastic injection molding and powdered metallurgy. Mim is characterized by a wide range of materials a high degree of flexibility in the design of parts great precision and reproducibility. Metal injection molding can be used to form complex parts as easily as simple ones.

Learn about metal injection molding and find out if you can free yourself from the traditional constraints of trying to mold stainless steel nickel iron copper titanium and other metals in your part designs. After molding the part undergoes conditioning operations to remove the binder debinding and densify the powders. Metal injection molding combines the well known advantages of sinter materials with the possibilities for shaping offered by plastic injection molding. The process is generally best suited to parts measuring less than 6 mm thick and weighing less than 100 g.

The metal powder to binder ratio is approximately 60 40 by volume.