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Injection Molding Metals and Ceramics

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

Management

PIM 2000 show report Complete report from the PIM 2000 international conference on the powder injection molding of metals, ceramics, and carbides. Licensed to MIM Licensing someone else's expertise can mean an earlier ROI and fewer headaches when launching a new technology business.

Resources for setting up metal molding plants Take advantage of built-in expertise from suppliers. Comingevents Must-be-there events for the metal molding community.

Sales & Marketing

The state of the PIM market Statistics in a growth industry are often hard to come by.Here are some significant baseline data.

New marketing approach needed for metal Merely plugging your capabilities may not be enough; education has to play a significant role in marketing.

Promoting the TXM revolution A TXM magnesium property database, design rules, and procedures for reducing time to market are among key infrastructure needs.

MIM parts: Myths vs. realities There are many misconceptions out there about metal molded parts.Use truth as a weapon.

Design

IMMC materials news MIM services, new facilities, joint ventures and acquisitions.

IMMC Application Showcase A sampling of the wide variety of parts now being injection molded out of metals or ceramics.

Moldfilling simulation differs for MIM MIM parts diverge from most plastic molded parts not only in properties but also in design, processing, and defect modes.Plastics moldfilling programs are just not adequate.

PIM troubleshooting Helpful troubleshooting tips.

Performance counterbalances cost in switch to magnesium Total cost to get equal or better performance is how magnesium should be compared to plastic.

Tooling

Bonding tools SPT's core business is stll CIM bonding tools for integrated circuits.

Rapidly sintered tools Sintering applies to tools, too.

Ceramic injection micromolds Micromolding presents its own challenges when it comes to tools.

Top-notch TXM tooling:Nypro's secret weapon That the part is only as good as the tool is true in spades for TXM.

Manufacturing

Powder injection micromolding Shot weights of 1 mg?Production micromolding isn't far off.

News from Molding 2000:2001 TXM machines News on Husky's plans for TXM molding systems.

News from Molding 2000:Gas-assist PIM An investigation is underway involving the application of gas assist to powder injection molding. Magnesium rechipping: Up and running Efficient processing will drive costs down.

Toll sintering is heating up If all you want to do is mold the part, others can finish the job.

IMMC's plant tour:MIM molder targets new markets Taurus International Mfg. Inc., Miami, FL.