Challenges for metal injection molding technology

During the last decade, Metal Injection Molding (MIM) has become an attractive manufacturing process for small mass-produced parts of complicated forms. The field of application of the MIM technology is at present being extended by identification of new parts and substitution of other manufacturing processes. Besides the technical designers' knowledge of the potential of the MIM technology, an important motive power is the availability of an increasing number of materials, which are in part highly developed, as well as the reduction of the manufacturing costs.