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• Zircoa releases first Mg-PSZ feedstock for Ceramic Injection Moulding

  December 5, 2022

  Zircoa GmbH, a German subsidiary of US parent company Zircoa Inc based in Wiesbaden, has released its first feedstock for ...»

• EPTAM Precision Solutions acquires sintering furnace as part of move into MIM and metal BJT

  December 5, 2022

  EPTAM Precision Solutions, headquartered in Northfield, New Hampshire, USA, has acquired a new sintering furnace to suppor...»

• Lithoz presents improved ceramic AM bone replacements

  December 2, 2022

  Lithoz, based in Vienna, Austria, has announced LithaBone HA 480. The human bone-like ceramic material was developed via c...»

• AM Extrusion wins Fachmetall PM Qualification Award 2022

  December 2, 2022

  AM Extrusion GmbH, Radebeul, Germany, was presented with the Fachmetall PM Qualification Award at this year’s Hagen Symp...»

Calling all product designers: Discover what Metal Injection Moulding could do for you through these award-winning parts

Metal Injection Moulding is one of the most capable manufacturing processes for small precision components, yet it is also one of the least known. MIM parts are everywhere, from smartphones to watches, cars to aircraft – but these examples are rarely noticed by those outside of the industry.

Here, we present the fourteen award-winning MIM parts from the Metal Powder Industries Federation’s 2022 Powder Metallurgy Design Excellence Awards. These examples offer an insight into the technology, as well as the opportunity for product designers and engineers to consider how they might use MIM in their own projects.

Binder Jetting of a dual-phase steel: Process insight and optimisation using the Master Sintering Curve

Binder Jetting (BJT) is never far from the headlines in the worlds of Powder Metallurgy and Additive Manufacturing, but, whilst there has been a lot of emphasis on Binder Jetting’s build process, the crucial sintering stage has received less attention. Can we really go along with the assumption that it’s ‘just like sintering for MIM’?

Markus Schneider and colleagues from GKN Sinter Metals Engineering GmbH, GKN Additive and Hoeganaes Corporation bring together their deep expertise in sintering to reveal just how differently metal BJT parts perform and what implications there are for part design and future process optimisation.

Powder Injection Molding:
A revolution in manufacturing 

Powder Injection Molding (PIM), comprising Metal Injection Molding (MIM) and Ceramic Injection Molding (CIM), is an advanced manufacturing technology for the production of precise, high volume, net-shape components.

Whilst many design engineers remain unaware of the potential of this technology, Powder Injection Molding is today a global industry with annual sales in excess of $2 billion and strong growth rates.

To discover more about how the technology has revolutionised component production, browse our Introduction to Metal Injection Molding. You can also download past issues of PIM International magazine in PDF format from our archive, offering insight into the technology and its applications.