MIMthe

POWERto make

MATTERflow

STEP 1: PREPARING MOLDING FEEDSTOCK

by mixing ultrafine metal or ceramic powders

to produce a putty (like molten chocolate)

STEP 1: PREPARING MOLDING FEEDSTOCK

STEP 2

Molding “green” parts

using conventional

plastics molding

machinery

STEP 3

Thermo-chemicallyextracting ALL organic binder from the green parts

STEP 4

Sintering the binder-free

parts into solid metal or

ceramic end products

ready for use

WHAT THE 4 STEPS PRODUCE

1. Feedstock granules

2. “Green” part with sprue attached

3. Porous binder-free part 4. Sintered part

(note shrinkage)

ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES

in stainless steel,polycrystalline sapphire,translucent alumina or zirconia

MIM ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCESAN IMMEDIATELY ACCESSIBLE MARKET OF OVER $800 MILLION

The Authors produced the world’s first STAINLESS STEEL DENTAL BRACKETS for ClassOne Orthodontics, Lubbock, Texas

ORTHODONTIC BUCCAL TUBE SYSTEM

produced in 17-4PH stainless steel by Flomet LLC for Ormco Sybron Dental Specialties

THE PIONEERS OF MIM ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES

Dr. J. M. Reynolds (†), Nguyen Thi Hanh, Rom Billiet(Amsterdam, November 1989)

DENTAL IMPLANTS, TOOLS AND INSTRUMENTS

MIM CERAMIC DENTAL IMPLANTS

Made by SPT Roth, AG, Switzerland

The global dental implant market is estimated at $2 billion(PIM International, Vol. 2, No. 3, Sep 2008)

MIM DENTAL DRILLBITS

Produced by CetaTech, Korea

SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS

ARTICULATING GEAR FOR SURGICAL STAPLER

Produced in 17-4PH stainless steelby Parmatech Corporation

11-PIECE AUTOMATIC BIOPSY GUN

produced in 316L duplex stainless steelby Flomet LLC for Medical Device Technologies, Inc.

5-PIECE MECHANICAL INTRODUCER

produced in 17-4PH stainless steel by Parmatech Corporation for STD Med

used in Minimally Invasive OB/GYN Surgery

NEEDLE DRIVER

produced in 17-4PH stainless steel by Smith Metal Products

used in theda Vinci ® EndoWrist ® System for Robotic-Assisted Surgery

MIM CERAMIC SURGICAL FORCEPS

Made by SLG Kunststoff-Fabrik und Formenbau. Bernau, Germany

MIM CERAMIC SURGICAL SCALPELS

NEVER need resharpening; 100% inert

Made by SLG Kunststoff-Fabrik und Formenbau. Bernau, Germany

RADIATION SHIELD

Currently under development at the Fraunhofer Institute, Bremen, Germany

used to cover the syringe during injection of radioactive medecine

In 2005 one US surgical instrument company invented a

LAPAROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTOF A REVOLUTIONARY DESIGN

requiring

17 matching, micro-precision parts

so complex in shape and difficult to fabricate that they could not find ANYMIM firm in the US, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, China, India or

Singapore willing to take on the challenge ...

... until they found the Authors

All 17 parts (and molds) were produced in Penang

REALHAND™

The laparoscopic instrument in the surgeon’s hand

THE LAPAROSCOPE ALLOWSFOR AN UNPRECEDENTED7 DEGREES OFFREEDOM OF MOTIONAND HAS ALREADY BEENUSED TO PERFORMHUNDREDS OF SURGICALOPERATIONSNEVER BEFORE POSSIBLE

VOTEDINNOVATION OF THE YEAR BY THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF LAPAROSCOPIC SURGEONS

2008 MEDICAL DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARD

IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES

BONE FRACTURE FIXATION PLATE

produced in 316L stainless steel by AMREC, SIRIM Bhd, Kulim, Malaysia

TRAUMA FIXATION PLATE

produced in biodegradable Hydroxyapatite HA30PLA by Fraunhofer IFAM, Germany

PORT FOR IMPLANTABLE INFUSION PUMP SYSTEM TITUS™

Produced by TiJet Medizintechnik GmbH, Germany

in titanium alloy Ti6Al4V

HEARING AID CAN RECEIVER

produced in a Ni-Fe-Mo alloy by Flomet LLC for Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

HEARING AID EMI SHIELD

produced in an anti-magnetic high nickel alloy by Flomet LLC

BONE STAPLE

produced in 316L stainless steel by Kinetics Climax, Inc. for ArthroCare Corporation

used in the OPUS MAGNUM KNOTLESS IMPLANT device

KNEE IMPLANTS

made by Maetta Sciences, Inc. Canada

in biomedical grade titanium alloy Ti-6Al-4V (Grade 5)

CUTTING TOOLS

MIM CUTTING INSERTS

Produced by CetaTech, Korea

TUNGSTEN CARBIDE LEADFRAME PUNCHES

made by the Authors for Texas Instruments

MIM CARBIDE AND CERAMIC DRILL BITS

Produced by CetaTech, Korea

MIM CERAMIC KNIVES

Made by SLG Kunststoff-Fabrik und Formenbau. Bernau, Germany

AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS

MIM THIMBLE FOR OXYGEN SENSORS

Material: zirconia

MIM ROCKER ARMS FOR VARIABLE VALVE CONTROL IN BMW WT ENGINES

Produced by Schunke, Germany at the rate of 4.5M parts/year

MIM SENSOR HOUSINGS

Made by Schunke, Germany in a soft magnetic alloy

Made by the Authorsin 99.9% alumina

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (ICT)

SEMICONDUCTOR WIREBONDING TOOLS

AND MICROELECTRONICS PACKAGING

SEMICONDUCTOR WIRE BONDING WEDGES

IN TUNGSTEN CARBIDE OR ZIRCONIA

MICROELECTRONICS PACKAGES

The MEMS industry’s imperative need for device integration and miniaturization makes MIM an ideal process

OPTOELECTRONICS, WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS,

THERMAL MANAGEMENT,AND MICROELECTRONICS

OPTOELECTRONICSFIBER OPTICS (FO) FERRULES

One FO company in Malaysia needs 1 million parts per month of just one type.

WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS(CELL PHONES)

Several MIM firms in Taiwan, China and Singapore are fabricating MIM cell phone parts

THERMAL MANAGEMENT

Heat dissipation - the microelectronics industry’s biggest headache

Copper Heat Sinks

HARD DISK DRIVE (HDD) COMPONENTS

MIM HDD Latch Posts.

30M units produced.

SECURITY AND DEFENSE

SECURITY & DEFENSE

¢Small arms components¢Ballistic armor¢Missile parts¢Kinetic energy penetrators (KEPs)¢and many more ...

7 MIM PARTS FOR .22 AND .38 CALIBER REVOLVERS

produced for FORJAS TAURUS S/A, Brazil

9 MIM PARTS FORFNP-45 CALIBER ACP PISTOL

Made for FN MANUFACTURING, Columbia, SC, USA,

MIM TRIGGER GUARD

Made for an undisclosed customer

SR88A 5.56MM ASSAULT RIFLE PARTS

Made by the Authors forCHARTERED FIREARMS INDUSTRIES PTE LTD,

Singapore

FIN BASEADVANCED MEDIUM RANGE AIR TO AIR MISSILE (AMRAAM)

Made by the Authors for HUGHES AIRCRAFT COMPANY, Missile Systems Group, USA

First ever MIM part made from 17-4PH stainless steel

MIM TURBINE BLADES

Made by the Authors forLOCKHEED MISSILE & SPACE COMPANY (Sunnyvale, CA, USA)

and Degussa AG (Germany)

DIA 2” X 2” FLEXURE FOR

RING LASER GYROSCOPE (RLG)

Made in Invar 36 by the Authors forLITTON GUIDANCE & CONTROL SYSTEMS,

Woodland Hills, CA, USA

SCREW SEAL FOR AIRCRAFT FLAP ACTUATING MECHANISM

Used on BOEING aircraft

PATENTED TECHNOLOGY

15 US patents granted including patents on nanotechnology, semiconductor bonding tools and frictionless materials

PROVEN TECHNOLOGY

Pioneered the development of MIM at Parmatech, USA in 1979

Transferred Parmatech’s MIM Technology to 6 licensees including IBM, DuPont, Remington Arms

Directed MIM projects for major US aerospace corporations including Hughes , Garrett, Litton, Lockheed, Grumman, Northrup

Developed the first commercial MIM parts in 316L and 17-4PH stainless steel, tungsten carbide, molybdenum alloy TZM, Invar 36, magnetic alloy Hy-Mu 80, titanium, aluminum, metal & ceramic matrix composites

Set up the first MIM operations in Singapore (now AMT), Hong Kong, China and Malaysia

Set up and commissioned Europe’s largest MIM operation (Swatch, Switzerland)

UNMATCHED CONTROL OVER PART SHRINKAGE

SAME mold, DIFFERENT materials, SAME final dimensions

Alumina – Tungsten Carbide Alumina – Stainless Steel

SAME mold, SAME material, DIFFERENT final dimensions

COLOR MATCHING CAPABILITY

SAME mold – SAME material - DIFFERENT color

Zirconia watch bracelet links

MIM TITANIUMPRODUCED BY THE TECHNOLOGY PROVIDERS

Grade 5 (Ti-6Al-4V) suitable for biomedical implants

Microstructure unetchedMagnification 100X

Microstructure etched Magnification 100X