No longer strange bedfellows, plastic and metal injection molding (MIM) are considered complementary processes that can position molders as one-stop shops for end users. As MIM becomes known and ...

When you commit to producing 7.5 million parts for an industry as demanding as automotive, you better know what you’re doing. That job, recently undertaken by the Metal Injection Molding arm of ...

As the number of biocompatible metals available for injection molding increases, the process is becoming a practical option for manufacturers of implants and surgical instruments. John L. Johnson ...

A Xyloy alloy injection-molded part (left) provides the benefit of metal properties coupled with the ease of processing typically associated with plastic (right). Emphasizing that metal injection ...

Aluminum injection molds used to be thought ideal only for low-volume applications using commodity materials. That is changing as OEMs look more closely at tooling costs and cycle times to reduce ...

Staunton Va.-based medical supplier Cadence Inc. has acquired injection molder ARC Group Worldwide's DeLand, Fla., facility. ARC Group specializes in metal injection molding (MIM) and also does clean ...

Metal injection molding (MIM) produces relatively small (150 to less than 30-gm), complex, net, or near-net parts which can include features such as holes, radii, logos, and text. Moreover, MIM can ...

[JohnSL] and his friend both have injection molding machines. They decided to compare the aluminum molds they usually use with some 3D printed molds created with a resin printer. They used two ...

Apple will soon make test parts on a newly developed amorphous metal injection molding machine located in Korea, says Leander Kahney, the editor and publisher of Cult of Mac, and author of Inside ...

For short production runs and prototyping, it is cost effective to use 3D printed molds or CNC aluminum molds versus traditional injection molding? What are the current advantages and drawbacks of ...