Description

Metal injection molding was pioneered by Karl Zueger. In ***3, Zueger left Fairchild Semiconductor in Silicon Valley when he saw a need for manufacturing precise, ceramic capillary tubes used for wire-bonding integrated circuits. Shortly thereafter, he patented a process for ceramic injection molding and metal injection molding. Zueger realized that some parts, due to their size and complexity, just could not be cost effectively manufactured using traditional technologies. MIM is best suited for these small, complex components that are difficult, costly, or even impossible to fabricate using other technologies.