Micro (powder) injection molding
In recent years, micro injection molding (µ-IM) has firmly established itself as a variant of injection molding technology that is widely used in industry. The background to this is the global trend towards miniaturization, not just of individual components but of entire systems. The increasing industrial importance is also evident from the fact that manufacturers of plastics processing machines are constantly bringing new or modified machine types onto the market. |
Range of materials:
Plastics: almost all common commercial thermoplastics including high-performance thermoplastics
Polymer matrix composites: Thermoplastics filled with e.g. conductive carbon black or carbon fibers
Ceramics: using commercial or in-house developed highly filled molding compounds with aluminum oxide, zirconium oxide, barium titanate, etc. as solids
Metal: using commercial or in-house developed highly filled molding compounds with carbonyl iron, 316 L (1.4404), 17-4PH (1.4542), copper, or tungsten as solids, among others