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Injection Molding Metals and Ceramics

New materials, new opportunities Introduction to Injection Molding Magazine's second special report on Injection Molding Metals & Ceramics. Open communications fire CIM innovations How ceramic molding was integrated into a plastics molding operation.

Managing a successful MIM startup From zero to 1 million parts in eight months.

IMMC's Plant Tour:Experience drives pedal-to-metal growth FloMet LLC, Deland, FL.

Managing the switch from plastics to powders The shoot-and-ship mentality won't work.

Marketing metal injection molding Advice on creating demand for the process.

Where the market for TXM is going -- and why There are breakthrough markets that will drive TXM to new heights, and they are now starting to open up.

Other IMMC showstoppers Proponents of metal molding are beginning to do more recruiting at plastics shows.

Materials for IMMC:Stainless steel goes nickle-free Solving the nickel allergy problem results in a new feedstock powder.

Technical developments drive PIM industry growth As the manufacturing technology develops, and materials become more molder friendly, applications will grow.

Custom binder system set to commercialize Dimensional stability, crucial to part performance, depends on the interface between particles and the binder.

Materials for IMMC:MIM powders and feedstocks Nickel, molybdenum, and tungsten carbide.

Application Showcase A wide variety of parts that are now being injection molded out of metals or ceramics.

Design competition, education promoted in association's activities Metal Powder Industries Federation's 1999 Powder Metallurgy Design Competition winners.

A big breakthrough in small MIM powders New powder technology will help bring part costs down and reduce powder lead times.

What about hot runners for PIM? Precise temperature control is the key, and it's not easy to do.

Tools and runners designed for MIM Here's one place where the world of plastics molding and metal molding diverge.

Magnesium TXM free to grow with new hot runner Increasing material yield is a big issue, and this hot runner system will help.

Meet Waffer, the world's largest TXM molder By the end of next year, more than 30 machines will be running at this leading TXM molding operation.

How to avoid PIM defects A helpful table pinpoints how process parameters relate to imperfections in the parts. A photo tour of AMT�s MIM operation in Singapore Automation drives production at this global supplier.

Missing link found in PIM press control Closing the loop produces better parts.