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Harber Industrial Ltd takes MIM technology as the foundation, always focuses on the substitution effect of MIM technology for machining and precision casting in the field of complex precision metal structure parts, constantly improves its technical ability in feeding development, mold design, automated production, etc., and provides customized MIM parts and components for the fields of consumer electronics, automobile manufacturing and medical equipment, etc. With the gradual maturity of MIM technology application, Harber Metal starts to reflect its advantages over other MIM enterprises through differentiated services, such as marketing, technology, production and other departments.
With the gradual maturity of the application of MIM technology, Harber Metal started to reflect the advantages over other MIM enterprises through differentiated services, through marketing, technology, production and other departments of a high degree of synergy, to achieve a rapid response to customer demand, and in this way accumulated such as Samsung (Samsung), fitbit, JAWBONE and other internationally renowned consumer electronics customer resources. In order to provide customers with more high-quality and convenient services, Harber Metal began to set up production and service networks around the world to further strengthen the Harber Metal's rapid response service capabilities. In addition, since its establishment, Harber Metal has been focusing on the importance of modernized management for enterprise development and has established a stable management team to realize the rapid precipitation of management on the above advantages.
what is mim parts? how it works, types & advantages
metal injection process: basics, types, and tips for product designers
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.
MIM precision manufacturing new army, rapid growth in performance
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.
what is mim parts? how it works, types & advantages
metal injection process: basics, types, and tips for product designers
MIM technology using mold metal injection molding blanks, by enhancing the complexity of the mold to keep the cost constant, the higher the complexity of the product, the MIM process cost advantage is more obvious.MIM technology has the advantages of the conventional powder metallurgy process process, no cutting or less cutting, overcoming the traditional products of uneven material and the main disadvantages of the complex structure, suitable for large-scale production of small, precision and metal parts manufacturing with special requirements. Special requirements for the manufacture of metal parts.
MIM industry is in the first stage to the second and third stage of the conversion process, the logic of enterprise growth gradually changed from sales-driven to R & D and sales-driven dual-wheel drive. In the early stage of the domestic MIM industry's core raw materials are mostly supplied by BASF, the model, weakening the impact of R & D for enterprise growth, enterprise growth is mainly driven by sales; two or three stages, new products such as foldable cell phone hinges, etc., the technical barriers are high, and the difficulty of research and development has increased greatly, R & D capability of MIM companies will be able to seize the first opportunity to upgrade and iterate in the product.
The global MIM market is growing steadily, and the domestic MIM market is expected to reach 23.5 billion yuan in 2026.
According to Maximize Market Research, the market size was $2.87 billion in 2018 and is expected to reach $6.92 billion in 2026, corresponding to a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.9% from 2019-2026. We assume that the domestic MIM industry market size in 2026 is expected to occupy 50% of the global market size, corresponding to a domestic market space of RMB 23.5 billion.
Europe and the United States market MIM downstream application market is the largest arms, automotive and medical industries.
The combined largest market for MIM in the European and American markets is industrial components, including pump housings, solenoids and fittings. Automotive components are the second largest market for MIM, accounting for 14% of global value, with a higher downstream share of European MIM. Consumer products are the third largest market, accounting for 11% of MIM sales, and these markets are dominated by Asia (cellular, consumer and computer parts).
Compared with Europe and the United States and other mature markets, the domestic MIM downstream application market is dominated by cell phones and smart wearable, military, medical and automotive industries still have a large penetration space. China's MIM application market, cell phones accounted for 56%, smart wearable accounted for 12%, computers accounted for 8%, while medical, military and automotive accounted for less than 5%.
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