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Injection Molding Metals and Ceramics

Management | Sales & Marketing | Design | Tooling | Manufacturing |

Management

TXM opportunities are real... ...but so is the learning curve.

Requiem for a PIM heavyweight A molder that failed.

Coaching a comeback How MIM helped a molder come back.

Can plastics molders manage molding metals? Yes, if they bring intelligence to the market.

Feedstocks: To buy, or not to buy? Gauging the decision to make your own feedstocks.

IMMC resources Where to look for help with IMMC.

An introduction to injection molding metals and ceramics Here are the basics, plus links to a complete glossary and resource list.

Injection molding metals and ceramics glossary Complete glossary of terms used in these processes.

Why mold only plastics? This special report by Carl Kirkland answers that question.

Sales & Marketing

Growth through synergistic acquisitions Eight acquisitons make a global power.

King of the TXM computers Magnesium computer housings put this molder on the map.

A customer's prescription for MIM precision What the medical market is looking for in MIM.

How PIM can become a business How to find customers for PIM.

Starting out on top How one MIM molder has grown his business.

Sometimes it pays to be small Low-volume production can pay off.

Nypro's getting metallized A top-of-the-line molder enters the fray.

Razzle-dazzle marketing for metal injection molding Aggressive marketing by a medical molder.

Design

TXM part design guidelines Tolerances are one key to successful part design.

CAE simulation software for IMMC Optimizing metal and ceramic molding through software. Cost vs. complexity Guidelines for choosing a metal molding process.

MIM part design guidelines A roadmap for product designers.

MIM standards are coming Harmonized design standards will benefit end users.

Application Showcase A sampling of the wide variety of parts now being injection molded.

Materials for IMMC TXM and PIM feedstocks, PIM powders.

Tooling

PIM needs better molds As always, quality starts with the tool.

Will TXM hot runners improve yield for metal molders? There's a lot of waste with cold runner molds.

TXM tools look like molds, but are built like dies TXM tooling shares a lot with diecasting.

Rapidly sintered tools form a new sintering center Rapid tooling, from sintered metals, for sintered metals.

Runnerless metal molding molds Design tips for metal molding tools.

Tooling up for CIM?Tool up for challenges Wear resistance is a major problem.

Manufacturing

Outgrowing TXM secondaries Automation will help cut secondary operations.

IMMC Plant Tour: Keeping tolerance over time Citizen Watch shows how it stays No. 1.

Photo tour of AMT's MIM operation in Singapore A trans-Pacific Kinetics-AMT connection...

New product showcase New products for IMMC processes.

PIM feedstock tips Advice on compounding techniques for powdered materials.

Working to optimize screws and barrels The whole world is focusing on this issue.

It takes maximum effort to minimize variability Quality is everything in metal molding.

Magnesium molding maestros A profile of a leading TXM molder.