Feature article: PIM International, Vol.4 No.4 December 2010, pages 39-42, 1574 words

Author: Nick Williams, PIM International

  

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China is rapidly becoming a powerful force in the global metal injection moulding (MIM) industry, with more than 30 part producers now competing in an ever expanding domestic and international market.

AT&M is one of China’s largest MIM part producers, and a major exporter to other parts of Asia as well as Europe and North America.

PIM International reviews the development of the company, its MIM part and powder production facilities, and plans for the future.

Introduction
Advanced Technology & Materials Co. Ltd (AT&M) was established in 1998 as a commercial arm of the Central Iron & Steel Research Institute (CISRI) Group, one of China’s leading industrial materials research centres headquartered in Beijing.

AT&M has since grown into a leading presence in the field of metallurgical materials and processing technology in China.

The company today supplies a wide range of industries with a diverse portfolio of products that includes magnetic materials and products, welding materials, atomised metal powders, porous filters, ultrahard and refractory materials, steel products, superalloys, tool steels, metallurgical processing equipment, ferroalloys, biomedical materials and MIM parts, to name just a few.

The company currently has more than 2400 employees and reported 2009 sales of RMB 3,663 million ($550 / €395 million*) across all divisions........

Further sections of this paper include:

• The story of MIM at AT&M
• MIM production today
• Feedstock
• Sales and markets
• Atomised powder production
• Quality management
• Awareness of MIM in China and outlook

Figures and Tables:

Fig. 1 AT&M’s manufacturing facility in the Zhongguancun Science & Technology area of Beijing, China
Fig. 2 Injection moulding machines at AT&M. The machines at the far end of the manufacturing hall feature automated handling systems
Fig. 3 Shimadzu vacuum sintering furnaces at AT&M
Fig. 4  100Cr6 fleece clipper part, 100g
Fig. 5 17-4PH medical device jaw, 0.03g
Fig. 6 17-4PH fibre optic connector, 1.5g
Fig. 7 17-4PH lock part, 17.2g
Fig. 8 440C pliers, 48g
Fig. 9 Mobile phone part 17-4PH, 2g
Fig. 10  4605 special reamer, 13.12g
Fig. 11 One of several powder atomisation units at AT&M
Fig. 12 SEM’s of three hybrid atomised stainless steel powders produced by AT&M. Left: 17-4PH; centre: 316L; right 440C
Fig. 13 Testing equipment in AT&M’s quality assurance laboratory

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