MIM Technology in the Field of Automobile Manufacturing from Justin Hotban's blog

In the field of precsion auto parts manufacturing, MIM process as a five-cutting metal parts forming process, can save a lot of material, reduce production costs, and even reduce the weight of the parts, which is conducive to automotive lightweight and reduce environmental pollution, so the MIM process by the automotive industry attaches great importance to, and began to be applied to the auto parts market in the 1990s. At present, the automobile industry has used MIM process to produce some complex shapes, bimetallic parts and groups of tiny parts, such as turbo parts, regulating rings, injector parts, blades, gearboxes, power steering components and so on.

China has become the world's largest automobile producer, the automobile industry in China's economic development contains an important position. In recent years, with the macro-economic growth rate decline, the United States and China trade friction and other factors, China's automobile production declined slightly. According to the National Bureau of Statistics data, in 2020 China's automobile production output of 25.225 million units. But at present the domestic MIM in the automotive market application is relatively small, North America, Japan, Europe, the application of relatively more. North America, Japan, Europe powder gold parts for a single car with 18.6KG, 8KG, 7.2KG, China is only 4.5KG, which also predicts that in the next stage, China's domestic automotive MIM parts market has great potential. Taking into account the MIM process to meet the auto parts "miniaturization, integration, lightweight" development trend, it is expected that the future MIM process in the field of automotive parts penetration will increase. With the improvement of the living standard of the population, China's automobile market demand will continue to grow, MIM products in the automotive industry application space will be more broad.

Harber Metal is a newcomer in the MIM (metal powder injection molding) industry, and the company's MIM products are mainly categorized into precision metal structural parts and appearance parts.

The company's MIM products have been widely used in portable terminal equipment, aerial photography drones and other consumer electronics segments, and has been expanded to the field of automotive parts. The company's specific products include structural parts such as volume support parts and camera brackets, as well as appearance parts such as smartwatch cases, drone remote control pivot brackets, and headset accessories with delicate appearance.

Metal powder injection molding (MIM) is a molding method that injects a plasticizing mixture of metal powder and a certain binder into a model, and it is a new type of "near-net molding" technology formed by combining the traditional powder metallurgy process with modern plastic injection molding technology.

The company serves major end customers such as Apple, Amazon, DJI, Anchor Innovation and other well-known domestic and international consumer electronics brand manufacturers, and has established a stable cooperative relationship with the industry's well-known EMS (Electronic Manufacturing Services) manufacturers such as Foxconn, Lixun Precision, Gore, Jabil, etc. The company has also established a stable cooperative relationship with the industry's well-known EMS (Electronic Manufacturing Services) manufacturers such as Foxconn, Lixun Precision, Gore, and Jabil.

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