The Application of Metal Injection Molding in Firearms Industry

Firearms industry is a main application field of metal injection molding parts, especially in North America, Europe, and Asia. As an industry, that consists of civil market, administrative market, military industry, the market status of firearms industry not only depends on the consumption trend, but also political circumstance.

The latest report from International MIM has showed the usage trend of MIM parts in firearms industry, and the difference at different areas, and predicted the opportunity in the future. MIM technology could make a large mount of net-shaped parts of various alloy, with tight tolerance, meanwhile achieve great mechanical properties and corrosion resistance. Generally, MIM is able to save cost by 40%, compared with machining and casting technology.

Besides, MIM could achieve geometrically complexity and thin wall, which help to design smaller and more complex firearms. All over the world, almost each big firearms manufacturer is using MIM technology. Clearly, MIM is an important partner of firearms manufacturers. With the development of new firearms, the usage of MIM parts will be raised constantly.