Powder metallurgy industry and managerial economics micro/nanosized refractory powder injection molding machine

Ivzhenko, V. V.; Попов, В. А.; Sarnavskaya, G. F.

doi:10.1007/s11106-012-9442-1

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“…Yamada and Saito [143] proposed a concept for an LPIM machine with a proportional pump connected to the outlet of a raw material hopper and supplying the mold with a constant amount of raw material via a feed pipe and barrel to prevent air from being trapped in the raw material during the injection. Ivzhenko et al [144] modified an injection machine using a screw pump to transport the feedstock from the hopper to the injection plunger. The mixture is injected into the mold cavity at an injection pressure of up to 20 MPa.…”

Section: Injection Machine and Moldmentioning

confidence: 99%

Research Progress on Low-Pressure Powder Injection Molding

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Powder injection molding (PIM) is a well-known technique to manufacture net-shaped, complicated, macro or micro parts employing a wide range of materials and alloys. Depending on the pressure applied to inject the feedstock, this process can be separated into low-pressure (LPIM) and high-pressure (HPIM) injection molding. Although the LPIM and HPIM processes are theoretically similar, all steps have substantial differences, particularly feedstock preparation, injection, and debinding. After decades of focusing on HPIM, low-viscosity feedstocks with improved flowability have recently been produced utilizing low-molecular-weight polymers for LPIM. It has been proven that LPIM can be used for making parts in low quantities or mass production. Compared to HPIM, which could only be used for the mass production of metallic and ceramic components, LPIM can give an outstanding opportunity to cover applications in low or large batch production rates. Due to the use of low-cost equipment, LPIM also provides several economic benefits. However, establishing an optimal binder system for all powders that should be injected at extremely low pressures (below 1 MPa) is challenging. Therefore, various defects may occur throughout the mixing, injection, debinding, and sintering stages. Since all steps in the process are interrelated, it is important to have a general picture of the whole process which needs a scientific overview. This paper reviews the potential of LPIM and the characteristics of all steps. A complete academic and research background survey on the applications, challenges, and prospects has been indicated. It can be concluded that although many challenges of LPIM have been solved, it could be a proper solution to use this process and materials in developing new applications for technologies such as additive manufacturing and processing of sensitive alloys.

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Section: Injection Machine and Moldmentioning

confidence: 99%