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Top 6 Advantages of Metal Injection Molding Do you have a need to produce a high volume of a small complex metal piece or component Does the usual method of metalworking or machining seem cost prohibitive Perhaps Metal Injection Molding is the process you are looking for Metal Injection Molding MIM is a process that uses Plastic Injection Molding machinery to create metal components and pieces The top 6 advantages of Metal Injection Molding are listed here Background and Process The process of Metal Injection Molding began in the 1970s at a company called Parmatech in California Once refined and patented the process became popular with manufacturing during the 1980s Improvements to the process in the 1990s awarded more recognition to the MIM process and the advantages of Metal Injection Molding have increased over the last few decades Metal Injection Molding has become a 1 5 billion dollar industry today with over 500 parts producers worldwide The MIM molding process has several steps1 As the image shows the process begins with mixing the metal powder with a thermoplastic or polymer binding agent
