μ-MIM® Technical Newsletter

This SEM image shows a part of a thin-wall component we mass-produced, and its edge thickness is only 10 μm. It is required not only the mould and processing technique but also adequate material development.

We receive more inquiries about special gears and small metal parts for medical precision machines by materials with high hardness. Today we will introduce our experienced materials which are harder than stainless steel 316L, commonly employed in metal injection moulding or MIM production.

Today we subsequently introduce our approach to collaborate with AM and our prospects.

The additive manufacturing (AM) technology has been actively developed in Japan since AM was promoted as a national project in 2016. We would like to introduce the AM trends from the perspective of metal injection moulding or MIM manufacturers.

In this issue, we will introduce our history and relationship of TEISEI KOGYO CO., LTD. and Micro MIM Japan Holding Inc.

MIM parts manufactured by our µ-MIM technology are small and complex shapes so the measurement technology is a key technologies which support the quality of µ-MIM product. In this issue, we introduce the quality assurance measurement of small module gears and non-standard gears that any standard exist.