Product Description

Metal Injection Molding, also called MIM for short, delivers the precision shape forming ability of plastic injection molding yet produces nearly **0% dense parts with machined-like features from your trusted high performance materials in form of feedstock. The desired part geometry is created in one shot. None or only minimal finishing is necessary. Net-shaping allows efficient use of material, as you only need as much material as the part volume requires. In principle, MIM allows the same freedom of design as is available from plastic injection molding, e.g.:

• Almost unlimited complexity of geometry
• Free-form surfaces
• Complex design of inner contours that are difficult to shape by metal-cutting procedures
• Direct addition of labels and logos, both immersed and raised
• Inner and outer threads

Parts that can only be manufactured in an extensive and costly way by metal-cutting procedures are best suited for MIM. If your part is relatively small, complex shaped, a challenge for machining, or requires machining, or requires machining a casting blank, then MIM will probably be able to save money for you. There are, of course, certain areas where MIM is exclusively viable, as in forming refractory hard metals.