Abstract
Due to the improvements in the production process for metal injection molding (MIM) parts produced by this method, especially light weight parts with very complex shape have become very competitive against other technologies. The introduction of the catalytic debinding process is an important improvement since it decreases the debinding time greatly and allows the use of a continuous process, in which debinding as well as sintering is performed in one furnace. MIM parts for automotive applications can be found increasingly at least on the European market.
