Comparison of metal injection molding process and other processes: the machining accuracy of the machining method is far better than other processing methods, but because of the low effective utilization of materials, and the completion of its shape is limited by equipment and tools, some parts can not be machined. On the contrary, the forming process can make good use of the material, and the freedom of shape is unlimited. For the manufacture of small, high-difficulty shape precision parts, this process is more competitive than mechanical processing, with lower cost and higher efficiency. At the same time, it makes up for the technical shortcomings of the traditional processing methods or the lack of production, not to compete with the traditional processing methods.

Compared with traditional p/m process

As a kind of near-net forming technology for manufacturing high quality precision parts, it has incomparable advantages compared with conventional powder metallurgy methods. It is capable of manufacturing many parts with complex shape characteristics, such as various external grooves, external threads, tapered surfaces, cross-pass holes, blind holes, recesses and keys, stiffeners, surface knurls, etc., which cannot be obtained by conventional p/m methods.

Compared with machining

The traditional machining method, recently by automation and improve its processing capacity, has made great progress in efficiency and precision, but the basic procedures are still not out of step by step machining (turning, planing, milling, grinding, drilling, polishing, etc.) to complete the shape of parts.