PM Life: Lifelong Learning programme on Metal Injection Moulding
10 September 2018 - 14 September 2018
PM Life is a new lifelong training programme, supported by EIT RawMaterials, aimed to help develop the future of Powder Metallurgy and help provide a comprehensive training course to those looking for a related career. The course will offer students chance to either attend the full five-week programme to learn about the whole industry or pick specific modules to further their knowledge in certain areas. Each week will be hosted in a different venue across five European countries to provide participants with a wide range of experiences and contacts within the Powder Metallurgy Industry.
PM Life also offers an optional internship either in a factory or in a university, to practice what has been discussed during the course in a working environment.
At the end of each module there will be a short exam after which a certificate will be presented. PM Life will help provide the knowledge and experience needed to help you take the next step in your career.
Metal Injection Moulding
Metal injection moulding (MIM) has over the past decade established itself as a competitive manufacturing process for small precision components which would be costly to produce by alternative methods. It is capable of producing in both large and small volumes, complex shapes and from almost all types of materials including metals, ceramics, intermetallic compounds, and composites.
Metal injection moulding (MIM) is a development of the traditional powder metallurgy (PM) process and is rightly regarded as a branch of that technology. When using traditional processing powder is compacted in a mould which then has to be ejected which means parts with undercuts or projections at right angles to the pressing direction cannot be made directly. That limitation is substantially removed by the metal injection moulding process developed during the last decade and now expanding rapidly.
The course agenda is available here.
For more information on Metal Injection Moulding, EPMA has a short introduction here.
Academic Partner: University Carlos III
Industrial Partner: Mim Tech Alfa