The current industry trend in the automotive world is to bring about ease in manufacturing and sustain it over large volumes. This has been felt more in developing countries, where production volumes are going up. MIM (metal injection moulding) is an emerging manufacturing technology that is helping a majority of the OEM automotive companies with manufacturing complex shaped components in steel and stainless steel.
Indo-MIM, a global leader in MIM technology, has always boasted open innovation and is an one-stop solution for all technological issues. The company is equipped with in-house tooling capabilities required for producing the MIM components that could be moulded as per the customer need. One of the primary benefits of MIM is elimination of expensive secondary operations by virtue of achievement of tight dimensional tolerances through its inherent consistency. Getting this benefit with lead times that allows meeting the aggressive product launch timelines can be a challenge when sourcing MIM components from a conventional PIM company. However, with Indo-MIM, this is always a dream come true — a mission accomplished. At Indo-MIM, they call it “Mission MIMPossible.”
It is indeed rare to find a MIM-house with tooling lead times shorter than 12 weeks. When Indo-MIM was established 16 years ago, it was quick to realise that speed to market is very important to reach the global customers. It didn’t take long to realise that an in-house tool room would be a critical component of meeting the customer’s demanding lead-time requirements. Today, Indo-MIM sports a world-class tool room, capable of delivering 45-50 MIM tools per month. In some cases Indo-MIM is able to manufacture tooling and submit samples with lead times as low as 14 days.