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Overview
Why choose special and custom materials?
The performance of MIM applications is significantly enhanced by using specialised and custom materials, which offer improved mechanical and physical properties.
Consider special and custom materials when your metal parts require:
- Soft-ferromagnetic properties
- Easy magnetisation and demagnetisation
- Pre-alloyed powders or iron mixtures
- Nickel, chromium, cobalt, and silicon elements
- Exceptional strength and hardness
- Wear resistance
- Corrosion resistance
- Thermal expansion properties
- High-temperature alloys
- Optimised powder blends
- Controlled microstructure
Alloys
Special and custom materials
Special and custom materials in MIM can be precisely adjusted to meet specific manufacturing needs and improve overall component functionality.
- 50Ni50Fe
- FeSi-2
- Nitronic 60
- T-400
- MIM-12 Chromium
- MIM-Cu (Copper)
- S7 (HIP)
- S7 (No HIP)
- MIM F75 (STM F75) – HIPped
- MIM-F-15 (As-Sintered)
- MIM-F1537 – ASTM F1537 (HIP and Heat Treated)
- MIM-K1 (As-Sintered)
PERFORMANCE METALS
Alloy properties and applications
50Ni50Fe
50Ni50Fe
50Ni50Fe is a soft magnetic alloy with applications in the electronics industry.
FeSi-2
FeSi-2
FeSi-2 steel, with 2% silicon, provides valuable electrical and magnetic properties, making it ideal for armatures, relays, solenoids, transformer cores, and electric motors.
Nitronic 60
Nitronic 60
Nitronic 60 is a nitrogen-strengthened austenitic alloy with excellent corrosion resistance, mechanical properties, and anti-galling performance.
T-400
T-400
This cobalt alloy offers excellent wear and corrosion resistance and is used in the automotive, aerospace, and petrochemical industries.
MIM-12 Chromium
MIM-12 Chromium
An alloy mainly used for soft magnetic applications.
MIM-Cu (Copper)
MIM-Cu (Copper)
MIM-Cu, or copper, is used in heat sinks, fuel cells, sensors, and high-speed computer chips for miniaturisation, advanced designs, and enhanced thermal and electrical conductivity.
S7 (HIP)
S7 (HIP)
S7 is a shock-resistant tool steel known for its strength, toughness, and wear resistance, used in forming tools and moulds. OptiMIM’s HIP and heat-treated S7 offers higher density, tensile strength, and yield strength compared to wrought S7.
S7 (No HIP)
S7 (No HIP)
S7 is a shock-resistant tool steel known for its strength, toughness, and wear resistance, used in forming tools and moulds.
MIM F75 (STM F75) – HIPped
MIM F75 (STM F75) – HIPped
MIM F75 is used in the medical industry for its biocompatibility, corrosion resistance, high strength, non-magnetic properties, and wear resistance.
MIM-F-15 (As-Sintered)
MIM-F-15 (As-Sintered)
MIM-F-15, also known as Kovar, is a low-expansion alloy used for glass-to-metal sealing.
MIM-F1537 – ASTM F1537 (HIP and Heat Treated)
MIM-F1537 – ASTM F1537 (HIP and Heat Treated)
MIM F1537, like F75, is used in the medical industry for its wear resistance, biocompatibility, corrosion resistance, high strength, and non-magnetic properties.
MIM-K1 (As-Sintered)
MIM-K1 (As-Sintered)
MIM-K1 is a custom alloy offering high wear resistance, rapid hardening, and low friction in metal-to-metal applications.
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