Woodhead Publishing Handbook of Metal Injection Molding (Woodhead Publishing in Materials) (Woodhead Publishing Series in Metals and Surface Engineering)

Metal injection molding combines the most useful characteristics of powder metallurgy and plastic injection molding to facilitate the production of small, complex-shaped metal components with outstanding mechanical properties. The Handbook of metal injection molding provides an authoritative guide to this important technology and its applications. Part one discusses the fundamentals of the metal injection molding process. Part two provides a detailed review of quality issues. Special metal injection molding processes are the focus of part three. Finally, part four explores metal injection molding of particular materials, including stainless steels, titanium and titanium alloys, thermal management alloys, high speed tool steels, heavy alloys, refractory metals, hard metals and soft magnetic alloys. Key Features: provides an authoritative guide to metal injection molding and its applications; discusses the fundamentals of the metal injection molding processes and covers topics such as component design, important powder characteristics, compound manufacture, tooling design, molding optimization, debinding, and sintering; comprehensively examines quality issues such as feedstock characterization, modeling and simulation, common defects and carbon content control. Contents: Metal powder injection molding (MIM): key trends and markets. Part 1 Processing: Designing for metal injection molding (MIM); Powders for metal injection molding (MIM); Powder binder formulation and compound manufacture in metal injection molding (MIM); Tooling for metal injection molding (MIM); Molding of components in metal injection molding (MIM); Debinding and sintering of metal injection molding (MIM) components. Part 2 Quality issues: Characterisation of feedstock in metal injection molding (MIM); Modeling and simulation of metal injection molding (MIM); Common defects in metal injection molding (MIM); Qualification of metal injection molding (MIM); Control of carbon content in metal injection molding (MIM). Part 3 Special metal injection molding processes: Micro metal injection molding (MicroMIM); Two-material/two-colour powder metal injection molding (2C-PIM); Powder space holder metal injection molding (PSH-MIM) of micro-porous metals. Part 4 Metal injection molding of specific materials: Metal injection molding (MIM) of stainless steels; Metal injection molding (MIM) of titanium and titanium alloys; Metal injection molding (MIM) of thermal management materials in microelectronics; Metal injection molding (MIM) of soft magnetic materials; Metal injection molding (MIM) of high speed tool steels; Metal injection molding of heavy alloys, refractory metals, and hardmetals.