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0 FOR THE MIM, CIM AND SINTER-BASED AM INDUSTRIES 2 0 2 R E B M E C E D 4 . o N 4 1 . l o V in this issue Ceramic Injection Moulding ElementPlus: Ti-MIM for 3C MIM-Master Neo Published by Inovar Communications Ltd www.pim-international.com Publisher & Editorial Offices ® Inovar Communications Ltd CataMIM 11 Park Plaza Battlefield Enterprise Park • A direct replacement for all current Shrewsbury SY1 3AF United Kingdom commercially available catalytic debind Tel: +44 (0)1743 211991 feedstocks Fax: +44 (0)1743 469909 www.pim-international.com • Improved flow Managing Director & Editor • Stronger green and brown parts Nick Williams [email protected] For the MIM, CIM and sinter-based AM industries • More materials available and better Publishing Director Paul Whittaker surface finish [email protected] • Custom scale-up factors available Deputy Editor Emily-Jo Hopson-VandenBos Simulating sintering www.ryerinc.com • Faster cycle times [email protected] • 65°C / 150°F mold temperature Assistant Editor Kim Hayes distortion: Can MIM get a [email protected] Consulting Editors boost from Binder Jetting? ® Prof Randall M German AquaMIM Former Professor of Mechanical Engineering, San Diego State University, USA • Water Debind As I wrote in the introduction to Desktop Metal’s article on its Dr Yoshiyuki Kato Live Sinter simulation package, published in the September 2020 Kato Professional Engineer Office, Yokohama, Japan • Custom scale-up factors available issue of PIM International, sintering distortion is a fact of life Professor Dr Frank Petzoldt • Large selection of available materials Deputy Director, Fraunhofer IFAM, Bremen, to which we are accustomed in the Metal Injection Moulding Germany industry. Thankfully, through the combination of an experienced Dr David Whittaker eye, the iteration of a part’s design, and the use of sintering DWA Consulting, Wolverhampton, UK supports when needed, stable, high-volume, high-quality ® Bernard Williams SolvMIM Consultant, Shrewsbury, UK production is achieved. Production Manager • Solvent, Super Critical Fluid Extraction (SFE) or Hugo Ribeiro Shortly after that issue was published, Simufact Thermal Debind methods [email protected] Engineering GmbH, Hamburg, Germany, part of the Manufacturing Intelligence division of Sweden’s Hexagon AB, • Hundreds of materials available Advertising Jon Craxford, Advertising Sales Director announced its own simulation package for metal Binder Jetting • Custom scale-up factors available Tel: +44 (0)207 1939 749 to enable manufacturers to predict and compensate for the Fax: +44 (0)1743 469909 [email protected] distortion that sintering may have on parts. As the saying goes – MIM/PIM you wait ages for a bus, and then two come along at once. Subscriptions Powder Injection Moulding International is published on a quarterly basis as either a free Two questions arose in some of the discussions that followed: digital publication or via a paid print subscription. how well will these packages work for metal Binder Jetting? And, The annual print subscription charge for four issues FEEDSTOCKS assuming they are effective, can they be adapted for MIM? The is £145.00 including shipping. industry has been waiting a long time for such a solution, and it Accuracy of contents Whilst every effort has been made to ensure the would be a significant step forward should an effective sintering accuracy of the information in this publication, simulation package for MIM become available. • At RYER, all our feedstocks are manufactured to the highest level of the publisher accepts no responsibility for errors or omissions or for any consequences arising quality, with excellent batch-to-batch repeatability. there from. Inovar Communications Ltd cannot Time will tell when it comes to how useful these packages will • RYER is the ONLY commercially available feedstock manufacturer to be held responsible for views or claims expressed be, but even if they take us just a part of the way to predicting by contributors or advertisers, which are not how a part will behave during sintering, they will be of value. necessarily those of the publisher. offer all five debind methods. Regarding the question of whether they could also be made to Advertisements • RYER offers the largest material selections of any commercially Although all advertising material is expected to work for MIM, the feedback is, so far, positive. conform to ethical standards, inclusion in this available feedstock manufacturer. publication does not constitute a guarantee or The rapid progress of Additive Manufacturing therefore continues endorsement of the quality or value of such product to have a positive impact for MIM, with a proliferation of powder • RYER offers technical support for feedstock selection, injection or of the claims made by its manufacturer. producers, more competitive powder prices, and, through molding, debinding and sintering. Reproduction, storage and usage Single photocopies of articles may be made for sinter-based AM, the opportunity to diversify whilst leveraging personal use in accordance with national copyright existing expertise. laws. All rights reserved. Except as outlined above, no part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, Nick Williams, photocopying or otherwise, without prior permission Managing Director & Editor of the publisher and copyright owner. Printed by Cambrian Printers, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom ISSN 1753-1497 (print) ISSN 2055-6667 (online) Cover image Vol. 14 No. 4 December 2020 A variety of ceramic components produced by CIM (Courtesy Expert Group CIM of the © 2020 Inovar Communications Ltd German Ceramic Society) RYER, Inc. | 42625 Rio Nedo Unit B | Temecula, CA 92590 | USA | Tel: +1 951 296 2203 Email: [email protected] | www.ryerinc.com December 2020 Powder Injection Moulding International 3 2020 Spring PIM Ryer ad.indd 2 05/02/2020 14:52:59 December 2020 10 56 87 95 101 83 ElementPlus: Exploring opportunities for titanium In this issue MIM in the consumer electronics sector 55 Ceramic Injection Moulding: Asia’s burgeoning consumer Developments in production technology, electronics sector has been the materials and applications driving force behind much of Ceramic Injection Moulding has been a key driver in Metal Injection Moulding’s growth enabling the world of technical ceramics to expand from a over the past decade. 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Today, the system has been further enhanced, and the • Low weight ‘next-generation’ MIM-Master Neo promises even higher • Good mechanical stability AM METAL POWDER capacity, improved temperature homogeneity and reduced • Low heat capacity running costs. In this article, the company’s Jacqueline • Solvent and acid resistant Gruber, Hartmut Weber and Ingo Cremer tell the story of MIM-Master and outline the innovations in the new • high open porosity system. >>> • dust- and particle-free surface