Metal Injection Molding Services
Our Custom Metal Injection Molding Services
Get instant online quotes for metal injection molded parts from rapid prototyping to production. Your metal injection molding projects can be optimized for lead times and costs by our manufacturing solutions. NOBLE can help you manufacture your Metal injection molded parts on demand to the highest quality.
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Our Powerful Metal Injection Molding Services
Metal Injection Molding (MIM) and Powder Compression Molding (PCM) are both innovative manufacturing processes used to produce metal parts. Metal injection molding (MIM) is a metalworking process in which finely powdered metal is mixed with binder material to create a feedstock. The feedstock is then solidified and shaped to produce the final product. Powder Compression Molding (PCM) is a process where products, generally in the shape of small compacts, are produced by applying external pressure onto the powder contained in a die.
Metal Injection Molding(MIM)
MIM specializes in complex, tiny to medium-sized parts with high densities (95–98%), superior surface finishes, and tight tolerances (±0.3% to ±0.5%). The medical, aerospace, and electronics industries utilize MIM extensively because it is cost-effective for parts that require little post-processing and is perfect for high-volume production.
Powder Compression Molding(PCM)
PCM achieves 90-95% densities and tolerances of ±1% to ±2%, making it ideal for larger, simpler structures. Although PCM parts can handle various materials and have reduced tooling costs, they could require additional finishing work. It is favored for parts used in large machinery, industry, and automobiles where less precision is acceptable.
Our Robust Metal Injection Molding Capabilities
From Prototyping to Manufacturing
NOBLE is your trusted one-stop custom manufacturing solution, from prototype design to manufacturing, through huge manufacturing resources, suitable technology, streamlined process, expert guidance, and perfect quality inspection process to turn your ideas into reality.
Mold Design & Engineering
Injection mold design is a key element of the injection molding process as it plays an important role in determining the quality and precision of the final injection molded parts. NOBLE has a professional design team to provide you with the best injection mold design solutions.
- 10+ years of Mold Design & Engineering
- State-of-the-Art Equipment
- 1-to-1 Quote Analysis
- Free DFM Feedback
- Strong R & D capability
- Free DFM and Mold Flow Analysis Report
Mold & Prototype Manufacturing
Once the mold design is approved, we begin manufacturing the mold. We then perform prototype injection molding to quickly and efficiently produce and test them for small batch production of plastic parts.
- 10+ Years of Mold & Prototype Manufacturing
- Thousands of resins to choose from
- Competitive & Affordable Price
- State-of-the-art Equipment
- 100% Part Inspection
- Fast Lead Time
Low-Volume & Medium Injection
NOBLE meets your small and medium batch injection molding needs through strict tolerance control, quality inspection, and complete supply chain, and quickly delivers cost-effective, high-precision parts.
- 10+ Years of Medium & Low Injection Molding
- Competitive & Affordable Price
- State-of-the-art Equipment
- Guaranteed Consistent Quality
- 100% Part Inspection
- Fast Turn-Around Production
Why Choose Us for Custom Metal Injection Molding Services
Metal Injection molding is an excellent choice for the mass production of metal parts. Every year, so many high-tech companies worldwide choose NOBLE for metal injection molding parts manufacturing. What makes so many customers choose us?
Work with Us in 4 Simple Steps Only
With many years of manufacturing experience, NOBLE offers the best solutions for all rapid prototyping and low-volume manufacturing needs. We streamline the innovation cycle into four simple but effective steps.
Advantages of Metal Injection Molding
Metal injection molding is the best option for mass-producing metal parts. After all, there’s a reason why so many manufacturing companies around the world use it to produce precision parts. NOBLE engineers summarize the following six advantages of using metal injection molding technology:
Our Metal Injection Molding Capabilities
NOBLE’s custom metal injection molding services are ideal for making competitively priced and high-quality molded parts in fast lead times, from metal prototyping to production molding. Significant manufacturing facilities with powerful, precision machines ensure that the same mold tools are used to create compatible parts. Even better, we provide free expert consultation with every metal injection molding order, including mold design advice, material and finish selection for end-use applications, and shipping methods.
Our Metal Injection Molding Processes
NOBLE’s staff takes your order needs, from quotation to tooling, as our machines and efficient team ensure you receive your tooling and parts within scheduled lead times. The workflow usually looks like this:
Request Instant Quote
From the moment we receive your inquiry email, our professional engineers will provide a response within 24 hours to ensure a smooth process.
Engineer Evaluation
To ensure we can produce functional molds, we conduct a feasibility review of your design to ensure we can meet the requirements before commencing production.
Mold Flow Analysis
Predictive modeling software helps us understand how the molten material moves and acts within the mold, which helps us make improvements.
Mold Tooling Production
Using your preferred materials enables us to make mold tooling that is of high quality and can readily fit your applications.
Sample Inspection
Sampling will be delivered for you to review prior to manufacturing plastic parts to ensure precision and quality.
Low Volume Production
After the trial production phase, we begin batch production, which uses powerful machining to manufacture parts at fast rates to save on time and costs.
Strict Inspection
We follow international tolerance standards to ensure our parts meet your parameters.
Delivery
As our team handles packaging to secure our parts neatly for transport, we partner with logistics companies to schedule a timely delivery to your region.
Our Metal Injection Molding Tolerances and Standards
As a leader in the metal injection molding fields, NOBLE offers precise, premium MIM parts and components. NOBLE provides full-service MIM capabilities, from design to high-volume production, and has over ten years of experience.
Standard | Description |
Max custom part size | 200x200x80 mm 7.8×7.8×3.1 in. |
Min custom part size | 1x2x2 mm 0.04×0.08×0.08 in. |
Min wall thickness | 0.4 mm 0.012 in. |
Max wall thickness | 6 mm 0.2 in. |
Min net weight | 0.1g |
Cost effective Max weight | ≤50 g |
Max net weight | 250g |
Precision desian reference | 0.2 % part size |
Min tolerance | +0.02 mm (without post-processing) |
Cost effective MOO | 1000 pcs |
Max effciency | 30K pcs per day |
Materials for Metal Injection Molding
These are common molded materials offered by our metal injection molding services. After knowing the basics of materials such as common grades, brands, advantages, and disadvantages, choose the appropriate injection molding material according to your application requirements.
MIM 304
MIM 304 is another austenitic grade stainless steel, it has high-temperature resistance, oxidation resistance, and corrosion resistance.
Price: $
Lead Time: At leat 2 weeks
Tolerances: ±0. 01mm
MIM 8620
MIM-8620 is a remarkable low alloy steel renowned for its outstanding properties and versatile applications in metal injection molding (MIM).
Price: $
Lead Time: At leat 2 weeks
Tolerances: ±0. 01mm
MIM Haynes 188
Haynes 188 powder is a cobalt-based alloy known for its excellent high-temperature strength and corrosion resistance.
Price: $
Lead Time: At leat 2 weeks
Tolerances: ±0. 01mm
MIM Inconel 738
Inconel 738 is a nickel-based superalloy known for its exceptional combination of high-temperature strength, thermal stability, and resistance to corrosion and oxidation.
Price: $
Lead Time: At leat 2 weeks
Tolerances: ±0. 01mm
Surface Finishes for Metal Injection Molding
To give the custom metal injection molding components both a practical function and an attractive appearance, we typically use various surface treatments.
Anodizing
Anodizing improves corrosion resistance, enhancing wear resistance and hardness, and protecting the metal surface. Widely used in mechanical parts, aircraft, and automobile parts, precision instruments, etc.
Materials: Aluminum
Color: Clear, black, grey, red, blue, gold.
Texture: Smooth, matte finish
Sand Blasting
Sand blasting results in parts with a smooth surface with a matte texture. Used mainly for visual applications and can be followed by other surface treatments.
Materials: ABS, Aluminum, Brass
Color: N/A
Texture: Matte
Powder Coating
Powder coating is a type of coating that is applied as a free-flowing, dry powder. Unlike conventional liquid paint which is delivered via an evaporating solvent, powder coating is typically applied electrostatically and then cured under heat or with ultraviolet light.
Materials: Aluminum, Stainless Steel, Steel
Color: Black, any RAL code or Pantone number
Texture: Gloss or semi-gloss
Electroplating
Electroplating can be functional, decorative or corrosion-related. Many industries use the process, including the automotive sector, in which chrome-plating of steel automobile parts is common.
Materials: Aluminum, steel, Stainless Steel
Color: N/A
Texture: Smooth, Glossy finish
Polishing
Polishing is the process of creating a smooth and shiny surface, either through physical rubbing of the part or by chemical interference. The process produces a surface with significant specular reflection, but in some materials is able to reduce diffuse reflection.
Materials: Aluminum, Brass, Stainless Steel, Steel
Color: N/A
Texture: Glossy
Brushing
Brushing is a surface treatment process in which abrasive belts are used to draw traces on the surface of a material, usually for aesthetic purposes.
Materials: ABS, Aluminum, Brass, Stainless Steel, Steel
Color: N/A
Texture: Satin
Custom Metal Injection Molding Parts Display
Our state-of-the-art technology and experienced team ensure that every part is manufactured with precision and quality. Check out our precision custom metal injection molding parts, which we offer to our esteemed clients.
See What Our Customers Say About Us
At NOBLE, customer satisfaction is very important to us. We can learn about areas where our customers feel we could use improvement, and work to find new ways to enhance their customer experience. Check what our valued customers have to say about our metal injection molding services.
Mark Alford
Vice President
From the instant and accurate quotation to the production process to the timely delivery of parts, NOBLE responded to our demands with complete professionalism. They handle every aspect of this metal injection molding project quickly and cost-effectively. We will surely work with them again in the future.
Piscary Herskovic
Product Designer
NOBLE has been our quality supplier of metal injection molded parts. Fast delivery is very important for our business, and NOBLE always offers short lead time and competitive pricing. Andy responds quickly to all our emails and questions. This has improved our working relationship, and we continue to value this partnership.Hari Mackenzie.
Hari Mackenzie
Engineer
We asked NOBLE to fabricate parts for an acritical supplier demo, and you came through with a short lead time, Your work is always high quality, and we are grateful for your precision in metal injection molded parts. The help in checking our designs and material selection has also saved our company from making expensive errors. We look forward to doing future projects with you guys.
Vasant Shingate
Vice President
Excellent customer service and high-quality metal injection molded parts at an affordable price. They deliver quickly and are responsive to feedback. My parts arrived precisely, and their prices are competitive, often lower than others. NOBLE is always my first choice.
Metal Injection Molding Service for Various Industries
Since injection molding can achieve high precision at good manufacturing speeds without changing the material’s structure, it is becoming more familiar with the ever-expanding range of machines, control systems, and tools used for injection molding. NOBLE is committed to providing precision machining services for all walks of life, our injection-molded precision parts are found in all walks of life, including.
Oil & Gas
NOBLE's experts have a comprehensive knowledge of injection molding in the oil and gas industry, and the guarantee of high precision provided by state-of-the-art injection molding machines.
Automation Equipment
NOBLE Rapid Prototyping service allows you to quickly and easily create automated functional prototypes to test and optimize your design, select the right process, reduce costs, and shorten project cycles. On-demand services can produce automated parts with a high level of accuracy.
Automotive
Our low-volume manufacturing services is the ideal manufacturing solution for on demand automotive parts.
Aerospace
The durability and precision that our precison manufacturing services provide meets the sophisticated needs the different phases of the aerospace industry required.
Medical Devices
Medical supplies manufacturers, tech startups, and research labs benefit significantly from the prototyping solutions we provide.
Robotics
Our industrial-grade robotics prototyping and parts manufacturing services aid in the continuous evolution of the robotics market.
If you are looking for a rapid prototyping manufacturer or a CNC machine shop to fabricate small, medium-volume, or mass-production products, NOBLE is an ideal choice.Our well-trained and experienced staff manufactures parts in line with drawings on modern CNC machines, with the highest accuracy and processing quality in all sizes.In addition, we provide professional design considerations for your CNC machining projects.
Want to get the most professional and fastest service for your CNC machining project? Upload your CAD files now and obtain a quote!
Metal Injection Molding FAQ
Injection molding, also known as injection molding, is a molding method of injection and molding. The advantages of the injection molding method are fast production speed, high efficiency, automatic operation, various designs and colors, simple to complex shapes, large to small sizes, accurate product sizes, and easy replacement of products, and complex conditions. In parts, injection molding is suitable for mass production, complex shape products, and other molding processing fields.
The machine feeds the raw material into the mold itself, which is the negative impression of the final part, and it consists of two parts: the injection (A) mold and the ejection (B) mold.The space between the two parts is the mold cavity where the material is injected.
While capable of producing many parts, injection molds have some design limitations. Plastic injection molded parts must have narrow walls. They should avoid overhanging features and have some degree of the draft (tapered edges) so that the molded part can be released from the mold.
Injection molding is mainly used for plastics, especially thermoplastics. Thermoplastics are polymers that soften at high temperatures (at which point they are free to inject into molds) and then return to a solid state after cooling. Injection molding also applies to thermoset plastics, which can solidify into a solid but cannot melt back into a liquid. Less common are elastomers. This method is suitable for the mass production of parts with complex shapes and is one of the essential processing methods.
Injection molding is the most popular manufacturing process for producing plastic parts. Injection molding is the most popular manufacturing process for producing plastic parts. Injection molding machines, using raw plastic and a variety of molds, can make many different parts, large or small, durable or disposable, for many industries and applications. So how does injection molding work?
The machine feeds the raw material into the mold itself, which is the negative impression of the final part, and it consists of two parts: the injection (A) mold and the ejection (B) mold.The space between the two parts is the mold cavity where the material is injected.
Injection molding is a forming process – injection molding is a forming process – as opposed to subtractive (cutting) techniques such as CNC machining or additive processes such as 3D printing, which use a mold as the forming device. The method applies to materials such as thermoplastics, which are heated until they reach a molten state and then injected into a metal mold, where they cool and form the shape of the inside of the mold or cavity.
Injection Molding Process:The injection molding process can be divided into four stages: melting the material, injecting it into the mold, cooling the material (or allowing it to cool) until it hardens, then ejecting the final part from the mold. Put simply:
1 Melt→2 Inject→3 Cool→ 4 Eject
Injection molding can use almost any type of plastic, and they can also be combined. This unrivaled versatility is what makes injection molding so popular and used in some of the most demanding industries in the world. You can view the selection of materials available and complete our injection molding services on this page.
The plastic pellets are melted and then inserted in liquid form into the mold tool, where it cools and takes the required shape. The process allows for high precision and tight tolerances because it can be replicated exactly each time.
Injection molding is one of the most affordable ways to manufacture large quantities of parts, especially for bigger production runs. Even though designing and creating the mold can take time, the process then becomes very affordable and efficient.
The first step in our injection molding service is to design the injection mold tool. How long this takes will depend on the complexity of your project. The usual timeline can be as short as a week and as long as a couple of months.
Our mold-making process consists of 6 steps:
Step 1: Engineers analyze the drawings: Free detailed production DFM reports for further feasibility analysis.
Step 2: Production Arrangement: Determine all requirements and arrange the production.
Step3: is mold production: put the mold into production, and provide the Tooling Schedule form of the whole cycle for customers to check the process at any time.
Step 4: Free sample test: put the mold into production, and provide the Tooling Schedule form of the whole cycle for customers to check the process at any time.
Step 5: Mass production: After the customer confirms that the sample is qualified, the follow-up production will be officially carried out.
Step 6: Save the modeThe product will be shipped after the production is completed and the quality inspection is pas—cleaner and store molds for the next round of part production.
Tolerances are very important and if not properly specified and controlled, assemblies will fail. NOBLE uses the ISO 2068-c standard for injection molding tolerances unless tighter tolerances are required.
After placing an order, it takes about 35 days for mold design and production, and 3-10 days for molded parts production.