Manufacturing process-

ii Mid term presentation

F16ME: 52, 55, 58, 64, 67, 70, 73, 79, 82
 Topic
Comparison between Powder
Metallurgy (PM) and Metal
Injection Molding (MIM)
  Comparison w.r.t the Process
S.R Powder Metallurgy Metal Injection Molding
No. (Fundamental process) (It is the combination of powder metallurgy and injection
molding)

1 Powder production

2 Mixing with lubricant/binder to enhance the Mixing with binder to easily achieve fluidity upon
compressibility of charge and to reduce friction heating at low temperature

3 Charge is compressed inside the mold in powder form Charge is injected inside the die in semi liquid state

4 Binder and lubrication removal in burn off stage Binder removal

(1st stage of sintering) (thermal, catalytic or solvent debinding)

5 Sintering
  Comparison
Property Powder Metallurgy Metal Injection Molding

Particle size 50-100pm 2-15pm

Relative Density 92% max >92-95%

Sintering temperature 1800-2000°F 2350-2500°F

Shrinkage Low High

Wall thickness 2-20mm 0.3-10mm

Component complexity Medium High

Weight 1-1000g 0.01-200g

Tolerance 0.1-2% 0.3-0.5%

  Comparison
Property of finished Powder Metallurgy Metal Injection Molding
product

Elongation Low High

Hardness Low High

Surface finish Medium High

Production volumes High High

Range of materials High High

Cost Medium High

  Difference w.r.t the Equipment used

Equipment for Powder Metallurgy process Equipment for Metal Injection Molding process
References
Books.

1. Sina Ebnesajjad,"Injection Molding" in Melt Processible Fluoroplastics, William Andrew Publishing, 2003, Pages 151-
193.

2. H.N. Gupta, R.C. Gupta, A. Mittal, “Powder Metallurgy Process” in Manufacturing Process, New Age International
Publishers,  2009, Pages 168-169.

3. J.T.black, R.A.Kohser and E.P.DeGarmo, “Powder Metallurgy" in Materials and Processes in Manufacturing, John Wiley
& Sons Inc, 2008, Pages 471-472.

4. Kyoung-Ho Lee, Dong-Won Lee, Nam-Choon Baek, Hyeok-Min Kwon, Chang-Jun Lee, Preliminary determination of
optimal size for renewable energy resources in buildings using RETScreen, Energy,47(1), 2012, Pages 83-96.

5. Miura H., Osada T., Itoh Y. (2015) Metal Injection Molding (MIM) Processing. In: Niinomi M., Narushima T., Nakai M.
(eds) Advances in Metallic Biomaterials. Springer Series in Biomaterials Science and Engineering, vol 4. Springer, Berlin,
Heidelberg.

Online Electronic resources accessed on 25/07/2020.

6. European powder metallurgy association website, https://www.epma.com/metal-injection-moulding

7. OptiMIM, a Form Technologies Company,
https://www.optimim.com/knowledge-center/blog/comparing-metal-injection-molding-powdered-metallurgy
8. chinnaSavvy a omnidex company, https://www.chinasavvy.com/metal-sintering-versus-metal-injection-molding
9. Smith Metal products company, https://smithmetals.com/design-guide/introduction/where-mim-differs-from-pm/
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