Metal Fabrication: A Guide to Manufacturing Metal Parts
Casting and Molding: Adding Volume to Metal Fabrication. For largevolume production, machined parts are often transitioned to casting or molding processes. Metal injection molding, or MIM, is the process whereby metal powders such as nickel steel, 316 stainless, 174 PH or chromemoly are mixed with a binder composed of wax and thermoplastic.