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Article: Metal powder injection: taming a tricky process.
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- Plastics Technology
- Article date:
- March 1, 1991
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Metal Powder Injection Taming a Tricky Process
Advances in processing and materials are overcoming hurdles to rapid growth for this young technology.
Injection molding of mixtures of fine metal powders and plastic binders combines the strength and durability of metal with the design versatility of injection molding. It's finding a place in metal parts with intricate geometries that would cost up to 10 times more to produce by machining, die casting or investment casting. For example, metal injection is thought to have lots of potential to automobiles, medical instruments, and firearms.
The metal injection molding (MIM) market is still small. But ...