FloMet LLC

8/27/2009
"Short Shots from the Industry Floor" - August 2009 Injection Molding

MIM winners highlight process diversity

By IMM Staff
Published: July 20th, 2009

The Metal Powder Industries Federation (Princeton, NJ) has announced the winners in the 2009 Powder Metallurgy Design Excellence Awards Competition, and four metal injection molded (MIM) parts scored highly in the judges’ eyes.

… Another MIM Grand Prize winner was FloMet LLC (Deland, FL) in the hand tools/recreation category for a stainless steel compressed air nozzle made for Silvent AB (Borås, Sweden). The hollow nozzle consists of top and bottom halves that are molded separately and then joined together into one piece during debinding and sintering. After sintering, the seams where the two sections join together are laser welded for a leak-free seal.—immeditorial@cancom.com

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Hand tools/recreation Grand Prize winner: Stainless steel compressed air nozzle made for Silvent AB by FloMet LLC

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Component: Curved Scissor Blades

Challenge: To develop a coining process that would produce consistent dimensions throughout the length of the curved blade thus assuring blade interference for cutting efficacy.

Solution: Use of controls, including SPC, to step up and maintain coining and monitor of the coining process.

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