Design
The advantages MIM offers include:
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MIM makes it possible to integrate and consolidate several components into a single molded piece—reducing the need to work with several manufacturers and decreasing processing and assembly costs
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The combination of plastic injection molding and powdered metallurgy means designers are free from the traditional constraints of trying to shape stainless steel, nickel iron, copper, titanium, and other metals
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Since injection molding is employed as the shape forming process step in MIM, part designs can avoid the limitations of standard metalworking processes
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Texture, knurling, threads, lettering, and company logos can all be incorporated into the mold
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A very effective way of utilizing MIM’s design freedom is to combine multiple components in an assembly into a single MIM component. The resulting MIM component is stronger, more cost effective, and is produced closer to the original design intent than the assembly