Powder injection moulding technology: Properties, possibilities and starting activities
Powder Injection Moulding (shortly PIM) enables a high-volume production of completely metal or ceramic complex geometry parts starting from non-completely metallic and ceramic materials, frequently plastic feedstock. Four phases of the PIM technology are described (compounding of feedstock, injecti...
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| Language: | English |
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Military Technical Institute, Belgrade
2015-01-01
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| Series: | Scientific Technical Review |
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| Online Access: | https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/1820-0206/2015/1820-02061502020R.pdf |
| Summary: | Powder Injection Moulding (shortly PIM) enables a high-volume production of completely metal or ceramic complex geometry parts starting from non-completely metallic and ceramic materials, frequently plastic feedstock. Four phases of the PIM technology are described (compounding of feedstock, injection moulding of plastic binder/metal powder, debinding of binder component and sintering) based on the material consisting of thermoplastic binder and metal powder. A feedstock polyacetal binder/low alloy steel powder was chosen and by injection moulding technology the injection molded product, called a 'green part', is obtained. By this way, the 'green part' (precisely, test specimen according to the ASTM E8/E8M-11 standard) is produced in Serbia for the first time. A feedstock characteristics (density, semi-quantitative analysis and visual appearance) and 'green part 'properties (mass, density, semi-quantitative analysis and visual appearance) were tested. It was concluded that satisfactory results were obtained. |
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| ISSN: | 1820-0206 2683-5770 |